Megan Boczar
Career Changer Extraordinaire & Co-Founder of Tech-Inclusive
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Megan has been a software developer since way back in November 2017. She worked a ton of customer service and admin jobs before finally jumping into a bootcamp at Grand Circus in Detroit. After landing a job as a dev in Ann Arbor, she took on a new passion for accessibility and good front end design. Megan currently works at a Software Engineer at Torrance Learning in Chelsea, Michigan. She’s also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of a non-profit called Tech-Inclusive, helping to give talented underrepresented folks the resources and encouragement they need to succeed in tech.
When she's not coding, Megan enjoys playing board games, keeping up on Netflix, and attempting to read one book per week. Megan loves all manner of nerdy things Star Wars to Buffy to Dungeons and Dragons.
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Dealing With Microaggressions in the Workplace
Let’s face it. If you’re a woman, you’ve probably had some pretty crappy stuff said to you at work. But did the guy who said it know how crappy it actually was? Microaggressions are small, often seemingly-harmless comments that can make folks in any kind of minority feel out of place or talked down to.
This session is for folks of all genders, races, sexual orientations, and ages who want to be a little more conscious about the way they treat one another. You’ll leave with plenty of examples of how to recognize microaggressions and how to deal, whether you’re the recipient, the supplier, or the passer-by.
Imposter Syndrome: Why did they let me come up here and talk to you?
*What am I doing here? All these people are so much smarter than me. They’ll find out I have no idea what I’m talking about. Why did they even let me do this in the first place?*
Sound familiar? You might have Imposter Syndrome. Imposter Syndrome is a very, very common issue that a lot of us face. In the ever-growing world of tech, it sometimes seems difficult to both get and keep up to speed on what’s going on in your company. Especially for those of us that are career-changers, the task sometimes seems even more daunting.
You’ll leave this session armed with techniques for recognizing and squashing those imposter-y feelings before you let it take over your life and career.
Megan Boczar
Career Changer Extraordinaire & Co-Founder of Tech-Inclusive
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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