Becoming an Advocate for Women Peers: A Conversation with Pierre Vannier

08/04/20 • 46 min

Getting to 50/50: Conversations to Bridge the Gender Gap

At what point does someone become an advocate for others? for yourself?
Could it be as simple as taking the thing that makes you uncomfortable or the thing that inspires you to awaken yourself to the reality that surrounds you?
Pierre offers his unique viewpoint for how sees the men and women in his life, in the workplace, and in the world. Join Pierre and Pratima in this raw, thought-inspiring conversation about bias, advocacy, and developing yourself.
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Pierre Vannier is an ex software engineer and serial entrepreneur. He pledges for a more diverse Tech and more women in Tech and created Flint and Flint Academy, respectively a Tech consulting Firm and a Remote Tech bootcamp dedicated to ramp up software engineers to new technologies after they lost their jobs because of COVID19 crisis.

Both Flint and Flint Academy are animated with humanist values at heart.

Pierre has also a podcast called Refactor where he interviews developers (women and men) to talk about their experiences and how they became developers. This helps evangelize and maybe could create vocation.

Pierre's vision is to create companies which make sense for Society and acting also in mecenat and solidarity, giving both time and money to a children's hospital in France.

Both Flint and Flint Academy are animated with humanist values at heart.

Pierre's vision is to create companies which make sense for Society and acting also in mecenat and solidarity, giving both time and money to a children's hospital in France.

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A seasoned, successful women of color who has navigated the world of leadership in Fortune 100 companies, Janet Miller Evans has a plethora of knowledge to share. In our conversation, Janet and I speak about the difficulty for leaders to speak up, and how to bring your authentic self. How do women teach our girls to form successes early? What does it take to be seen and heard in meetings? Listen to this week's Getting to 50-50 Podcast with Pratima Gluckman.
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