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Over 200 girl geeks met in Mountain View on Thursday, September 20, 2018 to learn about the company and where it’s going, from autonomous driving leads to tech VC – and heard from women in Volvo Car Technology USA’s Silicon Valley  R&D office as they discuss their impact on transforming a traditional car company into a technology company that happens to build cars.

Over 100 girl geeks attended a Girl Geek Dinner at Sumo Logic on  September 10, 2018 at Sumo Logic’s Redwood City headquarters in California. We listened to Sumo women sharing insights on actively listening to customers and creating a culture of service – having developed some simple ways to get some big wins!

Over 100 girl geeks attended an AppLovin Girl Geek Dinner in San Francisco  to hear from executives, product leaders and engineers about scaling sustainably as a startup — from hiring to leading/managing, and building the systems to enable high growth — on September 5, 2018

Over 100 girl geeks attended a Care.com Girl Geek Dinner in San Francisco on August 29, 2018 to hear from the CEO, product executives and an engineer – about everything from the big picture, to how to think about managing two-sided marketplaces, trust & safety and more.

Over 100 girl geeks visited the Quantcast office in San Francisco on August 16, 2018 to hear from executives and engineers about everything from decision-making and career development, to machine learning and utilizing an internal hackathon for rapid-prototyping.

Over 100 girl geeks heard from C-suite executives & experienced technology leaders about breaking rules and finding your own way at the Guidewire office on August 1, 2018 in Foster City.

At Girl Geek X Elevate 2018, “Lean Customer Development” author Cindy Alvarez encourages asking questions to explore customers’ and co-workers’ true pain points, and offers poignant leadership advice aimed to help you improve your working relationships — while positioning yourself as a helpful and empathetic resource to your colleagues, managers, and customers.

At Girl Geek X Elevate 2018, Interviewing.io CEO Aline Lerner shared stories about interview questions (the good, bad and the ugly), how to improve them, and imposter syndrome (or the opposite — the Dunning–Kruger effect):

At Girl Geek X Elevate 2018, Stitch Fix CTO Cathy Polinsky shared stories about learning to code in Logo, how a male boss helped her ask for she needed to succeed as a new mom — and how to manage up.