# 5 Career Myths From Women in Engineering

DevFeed: [5 Career Myths From Women in Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/5-career-myths-from-women-in-engineering-39473.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.twosigma.com/articles/5-career-myths-from-women-in-engineering/>)

Author: Emily Majewski

Published: 2026-03-17T13:28:39Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Two Sigma Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/two-sigma-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Feature Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/feature-engineering.md>), [Finance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/finance.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>)

Tags: [advice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advice.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [careers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/careers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [software-engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineer.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [users](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/users.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines five common career myths through the experiences of three Two Sigma engineering leaders. Their nonlinear careers illustrate how lateral moves, detours, and varied roles can build useful skills and inform later work in software engineering, architecture, and technical leadership.

## Source excerpt

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