In this episode of the Retaining WIT podcast, we are joined by Samantha Zeitlin, Former Senior Manager of Security Machine Learning at Elastic. The main topic of our conversation today is effectively building and managing a professional network. Networking is crucial for career success, especially as we go up the career ladder. Yet, women in tech often hesitate to leverage this crucial skill due to a misconception it will take a lot of time, or feeling discomfort about reaching out to strangers.

Sam was a cancer researcher for twenty years before switching to software, learning Python for data science and machine learning. More recently, she has specialized in MLOps and managing machine learning teams that put models in production.
 
We dive into:

How do you approach networking with authenticity and purpose, rather than trying to "collect" as many contacts as possible?
How do you make time for networking?
How do you stay connected with your network over time, especially with individuals who may not be in your immediate work circle?


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You can connect with Samantha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sgzeitlin/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/samanthazeitlin
 
You can connect with Jordanna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordannakwok/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordeewok.
 
You can connect with Jossie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jossiemann/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JossieHaines. Jossie offers free strategy calls to women leaders in tech to empower them to thrive, be sure to DM her on LinkedIn for more
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This podcast comes to you in collaboration with the sheTO community (formerly Divhersity). Did you know that less than 9% of engineering executive roles are held by women? sheTO is on a mission to change that. sheTO is a private network for women and non-binary engineering leaders with a goal of accelerating careers of our members and building their high powered network. Learn more at sheTO.org!

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