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Episode 7: Jen Myers
It’s really important to make sure we are taking care of ourselves, and living up to the examples that we want ourselves to be, because in the end, that is for them too. They’re going to be able to see...
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Episode 8: Rise Riyo
I did have a lot of problems with the disability plan that I had bought into, and that’s what was upsetting, because I kept thinking, “I’ve never used this plan. It was there for me just in case, and...
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Episode 9: Kelly Shearon
All of my college roommates quit working and stayed at home, and that also was really challenging, because they of course were posting videos, and sharing photos of them doing stuff with their kids...
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Episode 10: Sara Pyle
I was worried about my job. I was unreasonably worried that if I took the full time — because the tech world moves so fast, and Github moves so fast — I worried that if I stayed away the whole time,...
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Episode 11: Rebecca Murphey
One of the things I like about working for what I call a “grown-up company” is that so many people here have families, and people really understand that work is not the be-all and end-all. A few weeks...
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Episode 12: Anil Dash
There aren’t any bad choices here. The only bad choice is for you to be a miserable parent, to not be present, to not be investing time as much as you can in your kid, or to not meet those basic...
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Episode 13: Camille Fournier
I found out I was pregnant on the weekend, Saturday or Sunday. And when I came into work that Monday, I found out that my then-boss, the SVP of Engineering, was leaving the company. Camille Fournier is...
View ArticleEpisode 14: Prasanna Krishnan
It was very much a typical startup, with typically young males. Everybody else was all males, all of their execs, Most people weren’t married, and didn’t have kids for sure. So it was just, I guess,...
View ArticleEpisode 15: Jenni Snyder
At a startup where women are forging the path fresh, they’re not only experiencing this thing for the first time, but they’re having to help everyone through their experience for the first time too:...
View ArticleEpisode 16: Elise Wei
It was a mix of short-term disability, and then official maternity leave from the company, also in combination with the fact that we don’t have a strict vacation policy, it’s just take what you need...
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