Why Your Tech Job Exhausts You (It's Not the Workload)

Hosted by Nithima Ducrocq and Anna Ackermann

Wed, Jun 17, 2026

1:30 PM UTC (45 minutes)

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She Shapes Digital
Anna Ackermann and Nithima Ducrocq
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What you'll learn

What energizes and drains you at work

We use exercises for you to identify your energy drivers and drainers.

How to turn insight into a clear next step

Use your insights to trigger change. We'll help you implement small changes immediately.

How this connects to your path in tech for good

Women in tech for good are at risk of burning-out. We'll help you show it's not just you and connect you with others.

Why this topic matters

Most coaches and courses tell you to find your passion. That's not what this is. This is for women in tech who are showing up, delivering, and still leaving every day feeling hollowed out without being able to explain why. We'll run one structured exercise to map what gives you energy at work versus what quietly drains it. Then you'll leave with one concrete action to test it right away.

You'll learn from

Nithima Ducrocq

Impact Tech Founder and Consultant

With over 10 years of experience across startups, NGOs and global organisations including UNDP, WFP and MSF, Nithima has navigated the kind of career transitions she now helps others through. As a two-time founder, including a women's health venture that reached 100,000+ users, and a digital innovation consultant working across Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, she brings both firsthand experience and practical design expertise to every session.

Anna Ackermann

Women's Digital Empowerment Expert

Anna came to tech for good through digital rights research, before joining the United Nations where she designed and scaled the Women's Digital Champions programme, training 39 certified trainers who went on to reach 500+ women across Ethiopia and Bhutan, with an NPS of 9.1. She knows what it takes to help women move forward in digital spaces, because she has built the programmes to do it.

Previously at

UN Development
UnternehmerTUM GmbH
Google
World Food Programme
MSF International
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