People in SEO are eager to share their expertise and willing to support one another

I find it inspiring how willing people in SEO are to share their expertise and how open the industry is when it comes to supporting one another. When I first started in SEO, I learned the most from conferences and meeting senior SEOs at events. Currently, I’ve got a group of very close friends who also work in the industry which is a blessing and a curse! We try to have some dedicated ‘no talking about work’ time to get a mental break, but sometimes we end up discussing SEO anyway.

Speaking of women in SEO, I’d like to say that gender doesn’t matter but I think that would be naïve to say. There have been events I’ve presented at where I’ve felt unsafe, there are individuals in the industry who have said or done things that have made me very uncomfortable. But it’s not SEO-specific. Ultimately the problems women in SEO face aren’t significantly different from the problems that women, in general, will face in their careers.