Sheffield Haworth
Posted March 15, 2023

Practical career advice for women in technology

A conversation with Rebecca Weekly, VP Hardware Systems, Cloudflare

“I probably wouldn’t have taken that interview,” says Rebecca Weekly about the role she currently has – that of VP Hardware Systems at Cloudflare.

During a recent conversation Rebecca was asked to tell the story of how she got her current role, and she was able to share interesting advice for other women in tech as she did so. She revealed that, under normal circumstances, she probably never would have ended up working at Cloudflare at all. The reason?

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