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Oct 2020
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Ellen Twomey -- She's Closing the Tech G...

BRIAN JONES
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On today's podcast we learned that there are about a million open jobs in tech. Good news. Not so good news: only 20% of those positions will be filled by women. Our guest today is Ellen Twomey. Ellen lived this 1 million/20% gap as a woman in tech, and she decided to do something about it. She founded You Are Techy, a company dedicated to helping moms ... Show More
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