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In the EU only 17 of all employees in information and communications technology ICT are female specialists. The senior roles in leading ICT companies are often taken by male professionals too. However the current job market trends may signalise an upcoming change more and more women are interested in technology and engineering. Some of them start considering this career path at school whereas others tend to change their ongoing careers due to better prospects.Women Go Tech a Lithuanian mentorship scheme focusing on female retraining towards tech is also following the growing interest in tech coming from women exactly. Since 2017 the number of applications to our scheme has grown five times. Female professionals are really willing to choose coding data analytics engineering and other similar pathways. They are also intensively looking for new career opportunities in tech companies which conclude into leading senior roles. Such inspiring examples are slowly becoming casual it would be great that the rest of our society could notice them too says Jarn Preikait Board Member at Women Go Tech.There are quite many female professionals in the leading roles across the largest technology firms in Lithuania. Today were speaking to three of them Egl Dubausk Head of Production Quality at HELLA Lithuania Aliona Virutien Director of Engineering at Vinted and Dovil Morkvnait Head of Portfolio Management Division at Ignitis.Egl DubauskEgl Dubausk has been fascinated by technology and quantitative sciences since high school times. As a result she graduated from Industrial Engineering and Management and decided to seek a career in quality engineering. Egl is counting the fourth year in her workplace having started from the general engineering role shes currently the Head of Production Quality.Im excited that I go to work everyday and know that this day wont be monotonic or similar to yesterday. The pace and range of situations encourage me to do better while looking for new solutions how to improve our goals claims our interviewee. In the context of the company her team is responsible for the implementation of the requirements and standards provided by the customer ensuring the overall quality of the product.What helped this young professional to become successful in the world of technology Speaking of her own experience Egl names constructive thinking and a desire for continuous improvement. She mentions personal qualities rather than already-gained skills or education when talking about women whore just considering or starting a career in the industry. I work together with many women without any engineering background. Their motivation activity desire to learn and courage to take on challenges are really inspiring. Egl also emphasizes that during her career she has met many inspiring women whove chosen the field of technology including university coursemates and fellow executives whore always ready to help with any issues arising.Dovil MorkvnaitFor over a decade Dovil has been working at the energy company Ignitis. She got a job right after graduating from energy studies and her list of achievements includes the position of Head of Sales and Planning which this young female professional reached in just over three years of her career. Under her belt Dovil also has another three years of leading the team responsible for electricity trading and developing new activities that contribute to a greener tomorrow.The interviewee marks that work in the energy sector is extremely stressful as the decisions made on a daily basis can determine the direct results of the company One mistake can lead to losses worth millions. So we pay a lot of attention to details and personal responsibilities says Dovil. But these struggles arent the dealbreaker at all My day in the office doesnt really end at 5 in the evening. Due to the specifics of work there are many situations when I have to return to work on weekends holidays or even at night. Power supply is an uninterrupted process At the beginning of my career when I was working on the planning and trading of power plants I also had to get up at night in case any power plant stopped working. But the sense of responsibility has always been driving me. I love facing challenges as well as solving them greatly and quickly. Dovil remembers that she faced the stereotypes about women in the world of technology even in Scandinavia famous for liberalism and gender equality. During one business trip my manager introduced me to some colleagues from Norway. At that time I was the main person working in trade in our Lithuanian branch. The Norwegian team members were really surprised that the leading trader was a woman the interviewee recalls. However she adds that this event only encouraged her to keep working on the career in energy further I realized that I was moving towards the right direction and I could do even better. All in all it was a great motivation.The Head of Portfolio Management Division at Ignitis is excited about the opportunity to learn from women leaders in her workplace My company has a long-term employee who actually was the one hiring me too. We both had a very similar field of study and career as my colleague spent over 15 years in the company successfully climbing the career ladder it really inspires me Besides inspiration its great proof that theres no need to change jobs when you are given all conditions to grow and improve within one company. After all not many people are doing what they love the most
