It is true that most of us women associate talking about ourselves as bragging. Despite, having run a business for the past sixteen years, I still find it difficult to say what I do. The reason – I started the software development company with my husband and I was the only non-technical person around in the organisation.
It is only after we separated our businesses into product and services division and I started managing the services business that I felt comfortable saying that I run a business. Also, around that time, I decided to do a management programme and when found that my professors appreciated what I was doing, I realised that it is not a joke sustaining a business profitably for so long, even if it is a very small one.
Still, when it comes to talking about technology I shy away because I am not a hands-on programmer, but only managing a group of programmers. What is usually seen in the IT companies are programmers getting promoted to management/executive cadre and non-technical heads of technical companies are few. Well, here I am, the most non-technical person heading a vary technical business. I run a web applications development company

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