In this inspiring episode of yes, you can tech!, Joana shares her journey into business informatics, her work leading AI requirement engineering initiatives at Pro Alpha, and her passion for integrating mindfulness and yoga into a fast-paced tech career. From watching her older brother code to living in Thailand and observing global diversity in STEM, Joana offers actionable advice for women considering a career in technology. 👤 Guest ProfileName: Joana Dau-Schmidt Role: Senior AI and IT Consultant ⏱️ Key TakeawaysIntroduction to the Podcast: Host David Kaselow introduces the mission of empowering women in STEM and celebrating tech leaders.Guest Introduction & ERP Systems: Joana shares her role as an IT Consultant at Pro Alpha, customizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and writing custom code.Leading AI Initiatives: How Joana leads an AI initiative that automatically reviews complex requirement specifications before software implementation begins.Early Sparks & Role Models: Starting web development at 13 and being inspired by her older brother sitting at his desk coding.Math, Logic, and Creative Expression: How a love for structured math evolved into creating content, sharing intuition, and embracing creativity.Mindfulness, Yoga, and Breathwork in Tech: Managing stress in IT through breathwork, yoga, and short active breaks to achieve mental clarity and solve complex bugs faster.Career Advice for Women in STEM: Taking personal initiative, utilizing self-learning resources (like YouTube and AI assistants), and gaining hands-on internship experience.Gender Dynamics & Team Culture: Experiencing a female-majority consulting team with a female leader, and supporting each other as women in IT.Mentoring & Global Perspectives: The power of mentorship, having a female mentor, and insights on women working in IT in Thailand. 💬 Memorable Quotes"Seeing code firsthand brings you so close to the actual experience. You no longer have that distant image of someone sitting all alone in a basement writing lines of code." — Joana"Mindfulness and breathwork help down-regulate your nervous system so you can think with much greater clarity. We shouldn't pigeonhole the meditating person—this practice is fully integrable into our daily working lives." — Joana"Don't think you start out and have to know everything already. Everyone is taken by the hand at first... Intellectual capability has no gender." — Joana🔗 Mentioned Resources & LinksMindfulness & Yoga Content Creator: Mady Morrison (YouTube Channel)Mentorship Program: CyberMentorCore Practices Mentioned: Breathwork, Desk-side Yoga, Standing Desks, AI Assistant ToolsJoana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joana-dau-schmidt-75bba2236/David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kaselow/ __________________________________________________ Welcome to the new “Yes, you can tech!” podcast by David Kaselow. You can look forward to real talk and inspiration from amazing women in IT and tech! They’ll share their career journeys, role models, and everything they want to pass on to girls and young women. So that even more girls and women choose STEM careers. Tune in and subscribe to the channel! Your host: David Kaselow is "The German IT explainer", an IT consultant and project manager, who "translates" between business and IT people for his corporate clients. On social media and in his book "IT for beginners", he explains computer science topics in a very clear and accessible way for EVERYONE! _________________________________________ For any collab inquiries just write me at: collabs@davidkaselow.com
