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Continue reading →: Becoming Technically Credible Without Burning Out
There’s a particular expression I’ve seen on the faces of so many women in engineering: a sort of tight, polite smile that says: “I know exactly what I’m doing, but I’m also one minor comment away from rethinking my entire career.” Technical credibility is strange that way. Men often get…
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Continue reading →: The Hidden Curriculum of Engineering: What Women Learn the Hard Way
There are the things you learn in engineering school — statics, circuits, thermo, design principles — and then there are the things you learn only after you land your first job, sit through your first design review, get your first “Are you taking notes?” comment, or realise that everyone else…
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Continue reading →: How to Navigate Office Housework Without Being Penalised
I’ve been writing about leadership, and confidence and microaggressions over the past few weeks. One of the (less-subtle) themes that readers repeatedly raised with me afterwards was the constant expectation that women will take on what’s often called “office housework.” Never heard of this term? Lucky you! These are the…
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Continue reading →: The Micro‑aggression Survival Toolkit: Practical Strategies for Women in Engineering
Micro‑aggressions are one of those things every woman in engineering has experienced, whether she has the language for it or not. They’re small, often subtle behaviours: the comment, the tone, the assumption. They seem almost too trivial to challenge but accumulate until they erode confidence, credibility, and belonging. And despite…
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Continue reading →: Engineering Leadership for Introverted Women: Why Quiet Doesn’t Mean Small
Most people still picture an engineering leader as someone loud, assertive, endlessly energetic, and always “on.” You know the type: comfortable dominating a room, quick to jump into debate, and seemingly fuelled by adrenaline alone. It’s the “Type A”, the “red”, the ENTJ/ ESTJ But here’s the truth many introverted…
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I’m Órlagh
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