Alifya Kagalwalla - The benefits of working must outweigh the risks

Today on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Alifya Kagalwalla Alifya Kagalwalla is a VP of Engineering at Tempus Labs in Chicago. At Tempus she leads various engineering operations teams focused on cloud infrastructure, test engineering and developer productivity. Tempus is a precision medicine company that leverages AI to help physicians make informed treatment decisions and improve patient outcomes. Prior to Tempus she held various engineering leadership roles at Digital Ocean, Groupon and Citrix Systems. Outside of work, she is a proud mom to two awesome girls and is always looking for fun and educational DIY projects to do with them! Key Lessons From This Episode The importance of having core values and principles that ground you throughout your career (6:22) How Alifya builds authentically inclusive environments as a senior leader(12:00) How to decide between the tech lead and management pathways (14:00) Alifya's advice for dealing with bias at work (17:50) The leaky pipeline and how we can prevent women from leaving tech (25:00) Show Notes and Transcript: https://www.tech-sisters.com/2023/01/alifya-kagalwalla/ Leave a Review: https://buff.ly/3o3ifG7 Patreon: patreon.com/techsisters