How to Build a Tech Career and a Life You Actually Love
With Executive Coach Kathy Devi McFadden
For early-career women in tech
Build a Career and a Life You Love
Join Tech Life by Design
How to Build a Tech Career and a Life You Actually Love
With Executive Coach Kathy Devi McFadden
You landed the role. You're doing the work.
But something still feels off.
Even when you're executing and delivering exceptional results, the pace doesn't let up and the nagging feeling of uncertainty doesn't quiet down.
Because, here's what nobody tells you about navigating your career in tech. The urgency and the ambiguity don't change when you push harder.
It changes when you get clear on who you are, what you want, and how you choose to show up with things constantly shifting around you.
That clarity is what opens doors. That clarity is your path to career advancement while living the life you want to live.
Here's the good news.
It is possible to design your career with intention rather than simply surviving it.
Whether you're just starting to feel the pressure or you've been struggling internally for years, you can build clarity about who you are and the contribution you want to make. You can be confident and build a life that feels good.
This is why I created Tech Life by Design, a mentorship program and community built to help you foster purpose, prosperity, joy and freedom in your life.
“I feel more myself in technical spaces. I have never before been in a tech space where I felt so empowered. You genuinely changed me.”
—Founder & Lead Researcher, Linguistic Security Institute
In this program, you will discover how to:
Name what drains your energy, confidence, and joy so you can see exactly what needs to shift.
Idnetify what motivates and drives you so you move with purpose instead of working against yourself.
Build a roadmap for your career and your life that reflects your purpose, your talents, and how you want to live.
Expand your definition of prosperity to include the relationships and freedom that make your career a joyful part of your life.
Let go of uncertainty and commit to at least one real, lasting change that fulfills you.
You landed the role. You've done the work. But something still feels off.
The overwhelm doesn't let up. The self-doubt doesn't quiet down, even when your results say otherwise. You've watched someone else get chosen for a role you were ready for, and wondered what you were missing.
Here's what nobody tells you early in a tech career: the pace, the shifting teams, who gets tapped next... none of that changes because you push harder. It changes when you get clear on who you are, what you actually want, and how you choose to show up, no matter what happens around you.
That clarity is what opens doors. Advancement follows alignment. It doesn't come first.
Here's the good news.
Whether you're just starting to feel the pressure or you've been quietly struggling for years, it's possible to stop surviving your career and start designing it. You can build clarity about who you are, the contribution you make, confidence to own your seat at the table, and a life that feels good. This is why I created Tech Life by Design.
When you join Tech Life by Design, you enter a 14-week program with a group of early-career women in tech working on the same things:
• Navigating imposter syndrome and overwhelm
• Moving toward focus, clarity, and confidence in how you design your career.
The program runs biweekly starting August 27, 2026. Seven 90-minute sessions built around your purpose, prosperity, joy, and freedom.
"One of the things I've really found powerful about Devi's framework is the ability to relax into my decision-making and to help other people using the framework. This is a tool you'll use at different points in your career."
—Founder and Principal, Information Arts
Tech Life by Design is a 14-week program for early-career women in tech
ready to build their professional and personal lives intentionally.
August 27 – November 16
Live Online
Plus an in-person capstone event on Friday, January 22, 2027
in the San Francisco Bay Area
Seven 90-minute sessions online every other week
Thursdays, 10:00–11:30am Pacific | 1:00–2:30pm Eastern
Full Payment of $1,997 or Payment Plan of $697 per month for 3 months (total $2,091)
Relationships That Enrich
Your Career
Foster bonds with women who will support
you well beyond the 14 weeks
Individual coaching session with Devi McFadden customized to your unique needs
An accountability partner for ongoing 1-on-1 support
An online community to connect and celebrate your successes
Tech Life by Design is a 14-week program for early-career women in tech ready to stop surviving their career and start designing it.
In this program, you will discover how to:
Name exactly what is costing you in energy, confidence, and joy so you can finally see the real source of your struggle clearly
Decode how you are wired using your Instinctive Drives so you stop working against yourself and start moving with purpose.
Use The Deliberate Path Framework to build a roadmap that reflects your purpose, your strengths, and how you actually want to live.
Expand your definition of prosperity beyond salary to include the relationships, creativity, and freedom that make a career truly worth it.
Release the weight of others' expectations and commit to at least one real, lasting change starting now.
What to Expect
Format:
Virtual, biweekly live sessions, 90 minutes each
Dates:
August 27 – November 16, 2026
Time:
10:00–11:30am Pacific / 1:00–2:30pm Eastern
Capstone:
Friday, January 22, 2027, in person
Investment:
$1,997, or three payments of $697.
The first 5 registrants save $500.
Join Devi
Through bi-weekly live coaching sessions, dialogue with other women navigating the same challenges, customizable templates and guides, a private community, and a full-day in-person event, you will move from overwhelmed and out of place to focused, free, and fully yourself. It's time to build the career and the life you love.
“You genuinely changed me. I feel more myself in technical spaces. I have never before been in a tech space where I felt so empowered.”
—Founder & Lead Researcher, Linguistic Security Institute
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When you join Tech Life by Design, I will guide you step-by-step through the Deliberate Path Framework so you can build a life and career you love.
I bring nearly 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry, including Cisco, a Fortune 100 company, and Xilinx, the pioneer of programmable logic technology. This follows a successful career in healthcare and is combined with over a decade of coaching senior leaders. I understand the complexity, relentless pace, and culture of the tech industry from the inside.
The non-negotiable skill for success is knowing how to navigate these dynamic environments. I have firsthand experience during times of transformation and crisis, and I have been lucky to work with some of the most talented leaders in technology. From my relationships and experiences, I know what enables success and I bring that to those I coach and mentor.
I'm a certified coach (PCC), a team coaching practitioner, and an Instinctive Drives® partner. In addition, as a meditation instructor and ordained minister, I intentionally incorporate a contemplative lens. I believe a wholistic approach is essential to help you build the fulfilling career you deserve, to meet the expectations of your role, and to have personal inner clarity.
"She literally changed my life. Not only does she have a special talent for helping you align your personal values with your career goals, but her moral character, empathy, and emotional intelligence is second to none."
—Manager, Security Risk Management, ServiceNow
Here's What You'll Discover in Tech Life by Design...
Name exactly what is costing you in energy, confidence, and joy so you can finally see the real source of your struggle clearly
Decode how you are wired using your Instinctive Drives so you stop working against yourself and start moving with purpose
Use The Deliberate Path Framework to build a roadmap that reflects your purpose, your strengths, and how you actually want to live
Expand your definition of prosperity beyond salary to include the relationships, creativity, and freedom that make a career truly worth it
Release the weight of others' expectations and commit to at least one real, lasting change starting now
"Headline: Best Result from Client Story"
Bailey came to me feeling stuck and overlooked. He hadn't received the promotion he knew he was ready for, and the ambiguous feedback left him frustrated in ways others could see. The decision to join this company came with expectations to advance his career, and not getting promoted left him feeling like he'd made a major mistake. Through our work together, Bailey realized he was showing up with a sense of entitlement about the promotion. That "I deserve this, why haven't you given it to me?" energy was putting decision-makers off. After our very first session, he stopped leading with frustration and started engaging with calm clarity. The following promotion cycle, Bailey received the promotion. Since then, he's stepped into expanded leadership roles and is thriving today. Sometimes the barrier to the next level isn't capability...it's how we're showing up without realizing it.
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"Headline: Best Result from Client Story"
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Special Launch Bonus
The first 5 participants to register will receive a $500 discount.
“She literally changed my life. Not only does she have a special talent for helping you align your personal values with your career goals, but her moral character, empathy, and emotional intelligence is second to none.”
—Manager Security Risk Management, ServiceNow
Stop surviving in your career and start designing it. In Tech Life by Design, get started down your path so you can build a tech career and a life you actually love.
Stop surviving your career and start designing it.
In Tech Life by Design, you build a career and a life you love.
Register for Tech Life by Design
What you get in Tech Life by Design...
2 Zoom Group Sessions / Month
No Private Facebook Group
1 Private Session per Month
Video Recordings
Workbook Available
Zoom Transcripts Provided
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