text by: Bianka Siwińska
Money likes silence. At the Summit, we are loud - and we are not ashamed to talk about money. For women planning a career in technology, earning money cannot be a side issue or something considered “not idealistic enough.” It is part of professional agency. If you have knowledge, skills, education, and ambition, you also have the right to expect compensation that reflects the value you create.
Technology today shapes the economy, security, health, education, and the future of societies. Women should not be merely participants in projects in this world. They should also be the ones making decisions, building products, managing teams, founding companies, investing, and co-creating the direction in which the market develops.
Money is a tool of influence. It gives you independence, the ability to negotiate, change jobs, take risks, continue your education, build capital, and support other women. Having your own money means that you are not only working in technology - you have a real stake in the value that technology generates.
A strong financial position also gives you the power to do things that truly matter: invest in responsible technologies, support startups founded by women, finance girls’ education in STEM, mentor others, fund scholarships, develop social-impact projects that use technology to solve real problems - from health and climate to digital security and the fight against disinformation. When you have resources, you can do more than participate in change. You can accelerate it.
That is why the conversation about pay, negotiation, promotion, equity, bonuses, investing, and financial leadership is part of women’s empowerment - and part of a special new zone at Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit: the Money Talks Zone, created by women who truly know what they are talking about.
