{{Short description|2016 professional career guide written by Tarah Wheeler}} {{about|the anthology|the general topic|Women in STEM fields}} {{Use American English|date=September 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox book | name = Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories | image = File:Women in Tech book.jpg | caption = First edition | alt = | author = Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = | series = | subject = | genre = | published = 2016 | publisher = Sasquatch Books | media_type = | pages = 272 | awards = | isbn = 978-1-63217-066-8 | isbn_note = (Hardcover) | oclc = 1066056914 | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | wikisource = }}
'''''Women In Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories''''' is a 2016 professional career guide written by Tarah Wheeler<ref>Wheeler is listed as 'Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack' on the first edition and as 'Tarah Wheeler' on the 2017 paperback edition.</ref> and published by Sasquatch Books. The book began as a Kickstarter project, with 772 backers and $32,226 in funding.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tarahwheelervanvlack/women-in-tech-the-book |title=Kickstarter Projects: Women In Tech The Book |accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref>
The book includes advice for women developing career skills such as salary negotiation, networking, and finding work–life balance,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leoking/2016/03/30/women-in-tech-book-tarah-wheeler-van-vlack/#47349efe6305 |title=How This Author Is Leveling The Playing Field For Women In Tech |accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref> as well as personal stories from female tech professionals.<ref name="A CEO explains">{{cite news |title=A CEO Explains How Women Can Fix Tech's Gender Problems| url=http://archive.seattleweekly.com/news/963520-129/a-ceo-explains-how-women-can | publisher=Seattle Weekly | accessdate=January 29, 2018}}</ref>
==Reception and Impact== ''Library Journal'' called ''Women in Tech'' "The essential handbook for women in technology -- engaging, practical, and inspirational."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Scott|first=Jane|date=2016|title=Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=114243060&site=ehost-live|journal=Library Journal|volume=141|issue=6|pages=104–105|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>
In the fall of 2016 the University of California, Berkeley taught a class on Wheeler's book and the necessities for overcoming barriers to entry in the technology industry and the requirements for success as a woman trying to enter the field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.decal.org/4214|title=DeCal : A Guide for Women in Tech|website=www.decal.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026122407/http://www.decal.org/4214|language=en|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref>
''Women in Tech'' has been translated into Korean.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wheeler Van Vlack |first1=Tarah |title=여성이 테크분야에서 성공하기 : 출발에서 유리천장을 넘어 / Yeoseong i tekeu bunya eseo seonggong hagi. |translator1-last=Choe |translator1-first=Jongwon |translator2-last=I| translator2-first=Hyeongjin |date=2017 |publisher=Human Science(휴먼싸이언스) |isbn=9788993712919}}</ref>
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