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Introduction: Be Ballsy. Posted: March 18, 2011 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | 9 Comments » The things that are hardest to make yourself do are often the ones that end up being the most rewarding. (By rewarding I mean they lead to the kinds of experiences where you learn something new, get to meet amazing people, and generally have opportunities to do things you never would have imagined doing before. Rewarding does not only mean money.) I was thinking about this at PyCon, after someone asked me how it felt, as a woman, to get up and give a technical talk to approximately 1,400 men. Five years ago I couldn’t have imagined myself doing something like that, but a series of small chances, risks, and experiences have led me here. And it was a ton of fun! I thought about this again when Bryce sent me a link to this post . OATV is hiring an analyst, and they haven’t received applications from women. The OATV team is a wonderful, smart, and energetic group of peop
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