Crushing the IT Gender Bias: Thriving as a Woman in Technology

© Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman 2019

Kellyn Pot’Vin-GormanCrushing the IT Gender Biashttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4415-9_6

6. Moving at the Speed of Light

Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman¹ 

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Westminster, CO, USA

 

Work-life balance can seem like a myth or an impossible achievement. Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, was recently highlighted in numerous articles about not believing in work/life balance.¹ He believes more in work-life HARMONY vs. balance because balance tends to imply that there’s a strict tradeoff of the two in your life. He doesn’t believe in multitasking, but most men are less likely to believe in it, too.² No one can truly multitask, but as a woman, I do know that I’ve a tendency to split my focus on multiple trains of thought. I most likely hyperswitch ...