Book by Marianna Simonian
Female Career TAO
"Female Career TAO" is a comprehensive guide for women in STEM fields, offering career tips, talent assessment, and practical advice for navigating IT. It provides strategies to achieve career aspirations, stand out in the job market, and launch a successful startup.
  • career tips for Women in STEM;
  • find your talents toward the path of IT;
  • build a unique career in IT from any level;
  • become a demanded candidate in the labor market;
  • how to launch your startup from scratch.
About The Author
Marianna Simonian is a tech futurist, entrepreneur, and international mentor who bridges data, culture, and consciousness to inspire purposeful innovation.

Founder of Vard, Matreshka, Nexus, and Bridge360, she leads Women in Big Data Dubai and Wonder Women, uniting visionary women in technology and leadership across the globe.

A graduate of Moscow State University, the Higher School of Economics, and Quantic’s Executive MBA, Marianna began her journey by launching her own media and joining the founding teams of breakthrough startups. Today, she shapes global strategies — from the UAE 2031 vision to Moscow 2030.

Known for blending analytical intelligence with deep intuition, Marianna empowers women, startups, and organizations to unlock their highest potential, turning bold ideas into transformative realities.
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What readers say about the book
  • This book encourages you to think about yourself, your life, environment - make your own decisions about career. And act.
    Marina Alekseeva
    Women in Big Data EMEA Director
  • Marianne's book makes it possible to look at the whole process from a different perspective. Think about what you want and can do. A career is not a vertical takeoff. This is a journey.
    Anastasia Belyakova
    CEO of Atlanta Dubai
  • Your book inspired me to embrace femininity as a strength and gain a deeper understanding of myself. Thank you for this work — I’ll be recommending it to others, as its ideas go far beyond the IT field.
    Alexandra Borisova
    DevOps, AI & Cloud Native
  • Source of inspiration, wisdom and an indispensable treasure of knowledge.

    Anna Vedeneeva
    Entrepreneur
  • Would recommend to all students, those who cannot understand the career world, as well as those who would desired to make an impact in technology.

    Yulia Stitsko
    Student
  • Marianna compares a career to an art, in which everyone - like an artist - is able to create their own unique world. I express my immense gratitude to Marianna for her inspiring work and open heart.
    Zhanna Koshkina
    MBA professor
  • In the book, Marianna collected practices, questions and recommendations that I collected over 10 years of professional and mentoring activities.
    Ekaterina Mitusova
    IT coach, ex-Google
  • I highly recommend this book — it blends career growth with deep inner work and inspired me to act, embracing the joy of the process as a guiding principle.
    Seline Rise
    Designer
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The author sincerely thanks everyone who took part in the process of creation of the book.


This book is a completely non-profit project implemented by Marianna Simonian, the Wonder Women community, and the project friends. Thus, our goal was not to do everything perfectly, but rather to state the essence of things, share valuable thoughts and knowledge.