Responsing to the challenges women face in male-dominated careers, training centres and job coaches have developed programs to empower women. Many of those courses aim at boosting women’s self-confidence to thrive in a men’s world. In our interview, Julia Khalyavkov argues that sometimes it should be the other way around: men should become more like women, at least concerning overconfidence. In Julia’s experience, women are often more realistic in evaluating their skills and take their responsibility more seriously.

Listen to our interview as Julia explains her view on gender equality in IT jobs. This interview is part of our new interview series on women in STEM in collaboration with the non-profit WeSTEM+.