On the seventh International Day of Women and Girls in Science, two of Queensland's most brilliant scientists speak about how they chose their careers.
Applying technology to create a device that is used in the female-heavy health industry was important for Dr Chamorro-Koc."In my work, I see a very real issue with research focusing on men, disadvantaging women," Dr Chamorro-Koc.
She is now revolutionising digital reliability for companies including Gremlin, NAB and Apple through her work as a chaos engineer, which involves solving tech problems for businesses from behind the scenes. "I built my first database in grade eight in Australia and [eventually my career] took me to Silicone Valley, where I lead a team with millions of customers."I've got to work with people who built Netflix, Facebook — it's so inspiring when you get to work with those people."In tech, you can travel a lot, work remotely — you're not stuck in an office and it's always changing and evolving.
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