Nancy Sinclair🇺🇸

About Nancy Sinclair

Expert at GLG

I learned to code in 1986, writing Fortran on a VAX. Forty years later, I'm learning AI. This is my fifth or sixth reinvention, including learning to build websites in the mid-1990s.

I have a Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics and have spent 30+ years as a cross-functional engineer and business analyst across corporate consulting, independent contracting, and freelancing.

I was diagnosed with ADHD and a learning disability in my 50s, and understand career navigation on hard mode.

I provide a safe space for early- and mid-career women and neurodivergent professionals, especially those who are the only women on their teams or re-entering after a caregiving break.

I'm here to share my 30+ years of cross-functional technology experience to support the next generation.

I can help with: Navigating politics in meetings and on your team Getting credit for your work without being called difficult (or worse) Prepping for interviews Figuring out how to go independent Building a long career when technology keeps changing under you Returning to the workplace after a break Thriving when you process the world differently

Expertise

Sessions with Nancy Sinclair

• Career Strategy and Neurodivergence (30 min): I was diagnosed with ADHD and dyscalculia in my 50s, so I know what it's like to navigate a career with neurodivergence. Processing the world differently in a rigid corporate environment can take a massive toll on your self-worth. It can make you feel isolated or like you're falling short of expectations. This is a safe space to talk through those feelings and figure out how to make your work life fit your brain. We can chat about how to navigate workplace barriers and stop feeling bad about yourself. We can also discuss accommodations. You are awesome, and you can do this!
• Workplace Politics and Advocacy (30 min): It is exhausting when people talk over you, you don't get credit for your work, or you feel like advocating for yourself will make you seem difficult to work with. We can chat about how to take quiet, assertive control of communication dynamics. We can plan practical ways to make sure you get clear credit for your work, and discuss how to read your interviewers as closely as they read you.
• Career Longevity and Pivoting (30 min): Technology changes fast, and it’s normal to wonder how to build a lasting career. Whether you're figuring out your next role or what new skill to learn, considering transitioning to independent contracting or freelancing, or returning to the workplace after a caregiving break, we can discuss how to move forward.
• Shouting Into the Void (15 min): Sometimes you need a place to get it all out without someone interrupting, judging, or offering advice. This is a safe space where you can do just that.