Soft(ware) Stories: Tech, Work, and Life

A quiet corner of the internet where I share honest reflections from inside the IT world: navigating career and leadership, learning and unlearning in public, and figuring out how work, identity, and motherhood can coexist.

Maria Cornelia Andersen June 3, 2026

The Motherhood Manifesto

How women are still getting punished for motherhood in 2026 I have spent my morning rather typically. Woke up at 5.30, read some books for my son, prepared breakfast, fed the dog and played with her, took my son to the kindergarten and came home…