Imposter syndrome looms large in technical roles. Being queer can make it worse. The goal of this talk is to empower queer people and gender minorities in technical roles with specific strategies to slay imposter syndrome, build confidence in your skills, and be the technical queen you’ve always wanted to be.

Mary is a Machine Learning Engineer on the Developer Growth team at Weaviate. She’s especially interested in using open source tools to fine-tune LLMs. When she’s not working, she enjoys playing tennis, hiking, and participating in Berlin’s robust FLINTA scene.