# Women in Tech

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{{Short description|2016 professional career guide written by Tarah Wheeler}}
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'''''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](/source/Tarah_Wheeler)<ref>[Wheeler](/source/Tarah_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](/source/Sasquatch_Books). The book began as a [Kickstarter](/source/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](/source/work%E2%80%93life_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](/source/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](/source/University_of_California%2C_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>

==References==
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Category:2016 non-fiction books
Category:Books about women
Category:Women in  technology
Category:Sasquatch Books books
Category:Women and employment
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