Lisa Cutmore | Engineering Manager in Brisbane My job as a manager is to move the team towards it’s most optimal working state. An open headcount doesn’t help the team move forward and having a misformed team is even more costly. I am also a firm believer that the power of a group has the […]

Mindy Jhakra | Manager, Technology Safe. Humbled. Proud. Those are a couple of sentiments shared by those that attended an LGBTQIA+ Hackathon last month. Pride is often marked by corporate rainbow-washing and endurance partying, but this event felt different. Using Tech for Good was the main purpose for us: build stuff to help the LGBTQIA+ community. In […]

Sarah Liotto | Support Coordinator in Rome “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein Writing, reading, and traveling are my passions. Thankfully, I have the opportunity to use them every day at Expedia Group, where I’ve worked since 2011 knowing that we share the same underlying values. Expedia Group promotes travel and creativity to all, […]

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Jenna Prescott | Recruiting Manager, Hotels.com in London I heard about the Women Driven Development community through Ada’s List and after my initial call with the dream duo Phoebe and Misa there was no doubt that these were the type of people we at Expedia Group wanted to partner with. I connected with their genuine passion of giving back […]

Todd Johnson | Program Manager II, Expedia Group in Seattle, WA “I was looking for a job, and then I found a job, and heaven knows I’m miserable now.” -Morrissey, lead singer of The Smiths, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now   [ Note: If you’d like musical accompaniment while reading this post, recommended Smiths’ songs have […]

Jordan Rusk | Senior Project Manager in Bellevue, WA Ever wonder how flying planes, collecting intelligence, driving submarines, and doing pushups relate to working in Travel? At Expedia Group, we are committed to being the place where exceptional people who share a passion for tech and travel do their best work, and on Veteran’s Day, […]

Toby Willis | Software Engineer in Test II in Seattle, WA Did you know there are over 1 Billion people with disabilities in the World? …that’s like more than 15% of the population. I’m learning these stats because I lost my vision due to a degenerative retina condition known as Leber Congenital Amaurosis. You can also […]

Every year the CoderDojo community gathers for their global conference, DojoCon, and this year the event will take place in Kilkenny, Ireland. The CoderDojo foundation reviews bids submitted by clubs around the world and selects one of the clubs to host the conference. On behalf of her local club in Kilkenny, Expedia Group’s Margaret Ahearne […]

Nadja de Oliveira & Birta Marlen Lamm | Market Associates in Copenhagen Starting a job at the world’s biggest travel company is both exciting and overwhelming. Here’s the experience we had, two women where one of them is Birta coming from Iceland, where the whole population is only a few times the size of Expedia Group […]