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👋 Hello to our new newsletter readers! I’m Cynthia Widjaja - learning and development professional, data science nerd, digital marketing enthusiast, TechWalk Silicon Valley Chapter community member, and newsletter editor. I’d love your help with a few things:

• Join the 10/1 reception and live podcast recording honoring Sara Conde, Head of Sales at Fondo (YC W18) in partnership with Rho, Fintech is Femme and special guest Vrinda Gupta, Founder and CEO, Sequin AI, as a guest of Christine Farrier Rosemin. 

• SF Techweek Founder TechWalk sponsored by Rho is right around the corner! A morning to swap stories, spark ideas, and connect with fellow founders. Who’s walking with us? See you there!

• We’re opening up a Newsletter Intern role at TechWalk! If you’re motivated, curious, and looking to build real-world experience in writing and digital marketing, join us as we grow from 10K to 20K subscribers. It’s part-time, remote, unpaid (10–15 hrs/week), and a chance to be part of our community’s growth story. Interested? Reach out at [email protected].

• Last but not least, we are giving away a ticket to the TechLadies ICON Conference, taking place in NYC October 9-10, 2025. Send an email to [email protected] letting us know why you would like to attend this event. We will notify the ticket recipient via email by 10/5 at 8 PM ET. Thank you TechLadies for this generous offer!

TechWalk Rave Reviews

TechWalk Poll of the Week

Poll Flashback

One of the best things about a long-standing tech community? Along with amazing connections and incredible impact? Lots and lots of historical data. Were you a part of TechWalk in 2023? Do you remember how you answered this poll?

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A Word from Our Sponsor

We’re excited to share that our friends at Tech Ladies are hosting ICON 2025, their inaugural summit and the premier conference for emerging women in tech leadership, happening this October 9-10th in NYC!  It’s an intimate, high-impact gathering of 130+ senior women across product, engineering, and leadership roles, designed for meaningful networking, peer-led workshops, and real-world insights. ICON is a two-day, high-impact gathering of senior women across engineering, product, and tech leadership roles. Expect actionable insights, peer-led workshops, and strategic networking with 130+ inspiring women who are shaping the future of the industry.  

As a special perk for the Tech Walk community, we’ve partnered with Tech Ladies to offer exclusive discounts:
🔹 $75 off standard tickets with code STANDARD-DISCOUNT25 — includes 6 months of free Pro Membership
🔹 $100 off bundle tickets with code BUNDLE-DISCOUNT25 — includes a full year of Pro Membership

Quick update: We’ve just launched a virtual option for ICON! If you can’t join us in New York, you can still be part of the experience with live-streamed sessions and virtual networking. Tickets are $79 (general) and $49 for Tech Ladies Pro Members.

We’d love your help spreading the word so more people in your community can be part of ICON — whether in person or online. Here’s the link to share.

Upcoming Events

TechWalk Pics of the Week

TechWalk Calendar

• Product Manager TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 10/1 - Co-Hosted by Sandhya N., Senior Technical Product Manager, PayPal, Shantanu Gudihal, Lead Product Manager, PayPal, and Pelin Ayranci, Technical Product Manager, PayPal

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• Register for TechWalk Week | San Francisco, 10/4 - Co-Hosted by Zulma Y. Terrones, Founder & CEO, Life Stages, Swagata Ashwani, Principal Data Scientist, Boom, Holly Uber, Programming Director at Large - San Francisco, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association

• Register for TechWalk Week | Bangalore, October 5 - Co-Hosted by Nithish Divakar, Machine Learning Engineer, Google

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Happy Walking,

Cynthia Widjaja

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