Hello! I'm BekahHW, a developer & community creator.

The Coder's Journey: Act II

If you read my last post, you know I’ve made it a little further in my coder’s quest. This post, I’m switching it up a bit from Joseph Campbell to Chris Vogler, who’s 2007 take on the Hero’s Journey, The...

Things are about to get serious

If you look back at my second blog post, you’ll see that Flatiron School was my first love that I hoped I might come back to someday. And I’m so happy to write that I’m the recipient of the of...

The Coder's Journey: The Ordinary World

Last night, it hit me. Learning to code is the same thing as what Joseph Campbell famously called the monomyth. Like the heroes of our favorite myths or action movies, we start with a call to adventure and dream about...

Conferences are for Newbies

It’s been a week since my first full, IRL conference, and my mind is still exploding. Special thanks to the wonderful organizers from Revolution Conference for the diversity ticket. Without it, I wouldn’t have a renewed drive to learn as...

I'm a Mother Coder

This is for all my moms out there learning to code. Happy Mothers Day! “How do you do it? How do you momlife and codelife at the same time? How do you not lose your mind?” Here’s the thing, you...

I'm Leaving Academia Because I did a Bootcamp

I’ve adjuncted in a university English Department for the last ten years, and it took learning to code to realize that adjuncting was a dead-end job. In January, I took an accelerated bootcamp prep online for a couple of weeks....