Episode 13: Tech, Pride and SF Douchebaggery with Nicole Wemple
Tech Bitch Podcast
Nicole Wemple talks about her experiences working in tech, the judgement that comes with LGBT non-struggle and San Francisco douchebaggery.
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Episode 12: Let’s Talk Sex and Money with Jules
Tech Bitch Podcast
If women earn only 78 cent to each dollar, we need to be even smarter about our finances. Jamie Hardin sits down with Jules to discuss how women everywhere can best utilize their personal finance. Jules’ rant is not to be missed. Where do you stand on societal pressures to lose your virginity before 40.
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Episode 11: Get Your Career Unstuck with Kelly Poulson
Tech Bitch Podcast
Do you hate your job? Always wanted to pursue your dreams? Feeling like you’re no longer a good fit for your organization? Dreading Mondays? These are all signals that you are likely stuck in your current career and need to find a way to get unstuck. Career coach Kelly Poulson explains the steps that you need to take to get there and ways to explore what makes you happy in your career. To learn more about Kelly, visit www.kellypoulson.com
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Episode 10: Mr. Marriott, Get Your Shit Together
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Marriott union workers in 8 cities have been striking for more than a month now with no end in sight. What are their demands? A basic living wage where only one job is enough. Hear Jamie’s most recent experience in the city by the Bay with recorded audio of the protesters in front of the W Hotel. Hear the infuriating response from Marriott including lying to customers and requiring other non-hotel Marriott worker to report to a San Francisco hotel to clean rooms before Oracle’s conference.
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Episode 9: Leave Your Company Right
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There is a right way and a wrong way to leave a company. Jamie gives career advice on how to leave your employer without burning bridges. Whether it’s your choice or not, stay classy ladies. You never know when you might need to work with those colleagues again. What’s been your experience? Write in to the show at [email protected]
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Episode 8: Travel sucks, am I right?
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Jamie has traveled...a lot...lately and has some things to say about her recent travel experiences. From whether TSA Precheck is worth it to baggage claim etiquette, Jamie tells it like it is. The misery of a Las Vegas conference for a gal that doesn’t drink, smoke or gamble. American Airlines has a morale problem and how Jamie can never win with Southwest. And ways to make travel better for all.
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Episode 7: Sephy Hallows - Sobering Facts about the Tech Industry
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Sephy Hallows joins the show for some sobering facts about working in the tech industry as a former drinker. We discuss getting sober, staying sober and how to discuss it at work. Sephy and I have nearly 5 years of sobriety. We discussed the challenges of working in tech with bars and alcohol in abundance around us. Sephy’s article discusses how serving alcohol in an office is not an inclusive policy. Check out Sephy’s amazing Medium.com articles at https://medium.com/@sephy_hallow/latest
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Episode 6: Marketplace Rant on Airbnb, Uber and Hipcamp
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Airbnb is driving up rents and pricing locals out of their cities. Uber is why gridlock has increased. Marketplaces like Uber and Airbnb connect buyers and sellers. They are hailed as being a brilliant idea leading the way towards a gig economy and many people use them on a daily basis as a less expensive way to travel. This rant examines the negative impacts on society and how the system falls down when something goes wrong.
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Episode 5: Motherboard’s Kate Rotondo
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Kate Rotondo shares what it’s like being a new mother in the tech world, what companies can do to support women and how to propose to your man. She goes on an especially relevant bitch sesh on how technology needs to redefine “families.” Check out Kate’s website at www.motherboardpodcast.com and follow her on Twitter @krotondo.
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Episode 4: Jacqueline Warner on Mental Health
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Jacqueline and I never anticipated that a conversation would start with affordable healthcare and take us on the journey to discuss the importance of mental health, depression and what colleagues can do when they notice a change in a person’s behavior. This episode shares stories of depression, PTSD and suicide. We reference Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade in the episode.
info_outlineAirbnb is driving up rents and pricing locals out of their cities. Uber is why gridlock has increased. Marketplaces like Uber and Airbnb connect buyers and sellers. They are hailed as being a brilliant idea leading the way towards a gig economy and many people use them on a daily basis as a less expensive way to travel. This rant examines the negative impacts on society and how the system falls down when something goes wrong. Jamie shares her own personal Airbnb story of being kicked out on Christmas Day and charged double. Airbnb’s response took 30 days and they closed the case. There are marketplaces doing it right. Jamie shares her Hipcamp story as an example of what customer service should be.
Show Timestamps:
0:00 - What is a marketplace?
2:35 - Jamie’s horrifying Airbnb experience
12:40 - Uber and Lyft, the good, bad and ugly
17:53 - Hipcamp is an example of a marketplace done right
23:46 - Airbnb drives out locals in New Orleans
31:15 - Final thoughts on marketplaces
Music Credits:
Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose Selavy
Surfin’ USA - Beach Boys
No Place Like Home - The Soul Rebels
Accentuate the Positive - John Boutte
New York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray