Thanks for another great write-up Monique. Your practice of walk-the-talk and NOT micromanaging is SO very important. Only if more and more managers would practice the same.

The initiative for women in tech is absolutley great I think. There is no reason why this should be a male dominated profession.

Women, by nature, generally, are more meticulous, organised, capable of parallel processing and naturally possess a nurturing mother instinct that automatically promotes progress. The best manager (and one of my mentors in industry) I ever had was a woman :-)

More of the gentler gender in tech sphere can only add to positive growth.

I usually hesitate making such statements because i always fear that my sentiments have a cultural root. Part of India where I grew up, people always pray and worship Goddesses. The largest religious festival in india takes place in Calcutta : a month of closures of everything (roads, schools, colleges), the main deity is the mother goddess and not a single male god has centre stage. When people take a quick prayer in that part of the world, they pray to "Maa" :-)

Respects!

santanu