Talking to my friend Nevada Flores* about her decision to leave her comfortable engineering job reminded me of one of our scary trips into the Cuyamaca Mountains outside San Diego. An avid hiker, she once suggested that we follow a dubious side trail down a steep canyon. In play as in work, Nevada is always ready to rationally assess the possibility of advancement versus failure. On the trail as on the job, her primary concern is to rapidly identify and neutralize the largest challenges – environmental on the one hand, cultural on the other. And as an assertive woman of mixed Mexican-American heritage in the very White male field of high technology, she always faces cultural challenges. READ FULL STORY
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