Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved the story about The Little Engine That Could. For those of you unfamiliar - a train carrying a bunch of toys breaks down and can’t carry them over the mountain to the children waiting for them. The toys beg a few different big trains that pass by to take them over the mountain, but each passes on with little more than an upturned nose. Eventually there comes a little engine. She’s tiny and doesn’t look like she’s strong enough to take the toy

Those of us who were lucky enough to attend university at some point in our lives have had the distinct privilege of living in a setting where it is understood that new ideas have a place; and that the discourse and debate surrounding them is important and key both to the maturation of those ideas and to the growth of the individuals involved in their inception. As I look back on my years post-college I realize how unique that kind of setting has become. If established well,

Last night was NYTechWomen’s inaugural #ShowAndShine event and I can’t say that I could have chosen a better place for my first ever tech meet-up. Walking into the room I immediately sensed this was going to be a different type of group than I’d experienced in my previous forays at networking within the IT world. The other women in attendance were genuinely interested in what each other were doing and in supporting their efforts. I found myself in a group of people eagerly of