The Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay

Winner of the Best Indie Book Award for Women in Business and the NYC Big Book Award for Nonfiction Audiobooks. Featuring eighty interviews with women in tech, discover the opportunities they see, the challenges they face–and exactly why women in STEM are here to stay. Women belong in tech. They work in both technical and nontechnical roles. They have different backgrounds, education, and ambitions–not just moonshot product visions or CEO aspirations. They have successful careers, right alongside fulfilling outside lives and families. Despite what the oftentimes disheartening data might lead us to believe, their success stories are complex, diverse, and achievable. Alana Karen is a recognized authority on women in tech who regularly speaks at conferences and summits on leadership, DEI, and talent in technology. She is an award-winning leader who has spent over two decades in tech, including supporting billions of queries a day in her Google career. Through her work, Alana has met hundr