April 28, 2020
What is Virtual Coffee?
I’ve been doing virtual coffee for about a month now, and I couldn’t have predicted how much I would look forward to the days that I get to talk to other devs. Here’s the thing, I’m a shy introvert, but...
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I spent ten years teaching college English. Now I teach developers, search engines, and AI systems to understand each other.
Writing about developer experience, AI tooling, and the communities that make tech worth working in.
Currently Developer Experience Lead, AI Platform at Paper Compute
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April 26, 2020
Leveling Up: how to tell if you're getting better when you're on the coding treadmill
When you’re in a field that has a never-ending amount of learning, it’s hard to feel like you’re making progress. You’re on a treadmill and there will never be a finish line. And that’s simultaneously exciting and exhausting. It’s hard...
April 20, 2020
Yo Parents, How you doing?
When we started this pandemic thing, I was thinking positively. I had podcasts and art projects, and we had three weeks of school at home. And, as you know, I lost my job. Then I lost my fitness class. I...
April 13, 2020
Another One About Interviews: Breaking Bekah
I got married when I was twenty-one, but I dated a lot before I was married, and I can say that I never have been as heart-broken as I have been during this interview process. To be perfectly honest, the...
April 6, 2020
We Should Be Building Community Now More Than Ever
If I’ve learned anything from going through a trauma, it’s that it takes time to heal, you have to be patient with yourself, and that community matters. And I can’t help but re-experience what I went through before now, but...
March 31, 2020
Job Searching in the Time of Covid-19
Friends, it’s been hard. Everything’s been hard for everyone. We’re struggling to fight despair, to dream of a future, to stay motivated. We’re losing our jobs, our “normal,” our hope. We’re trying our best and somehow that doesn’t seem like...
February 28, 2020
Bootcamp Isn't All Happy Face Emojis
Everyone’s experience in bootcamp is different, but every bootcamp graduate I’ve talked to–whether it’s been a full-time intense bootcamp, remote self-paced, or anything in between–have all admitted that the commitment was incredibly stressful. For most of us, we’re changing careers...
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