My Ask-Me-Anything Session with CareerKarma
When Timur Meyster, of Career Karma, asked to host an Ask-Me-Anything with their squads, it was a most humbling moment...
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In recent weeks, several developers hunting for their first dev job have asked me to review their resumes and/or portfolios...
Simpler is Better, if it gets the job done
Sep 27 2019
(Don't) Always Trust Your Inner Critic
Aug 20 2019
Working-From-Home with a Sick Child
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My Ask-Me-Anything Session with CareerKarma
When Timur Meyster, of Career Karma, asked to host an Ask-Me-Anything with their squads, it was a most humbling moment...
Nov 06 2019GitHub Mistakes That New Devs Make
In recent weeks, several developers hunting for their first dev job have asked me to review their resumes and/or portfolios...
Oct 28 2019Simpler is Better, if it gets the job done
Today at work, my teammate reviewed the following code I had written...
Sep 27 2019(Don't) Always Trust Your Inner Critic
I am six months into my first dev job, and have had some time to reflect on my experience so far. I don’t think I have ever been this in-tune with and plugged-in to a job; I think it ...
Aug 20 2019Working-From-Home with a Sick Child
I’m about 5 months into my first job as a developer. Officially, we do not have standard work-from-home days; however, we are allowed to work-from-home due to unplanned and unavoidabl...
Jul 15 2019Death to the 'New-To-Opensource' Excuse!
As a newly-minted coding bootcamp grad, I was terrified of opensource. During bootcamp, I had tried to configure dev environments for several well-known opensource projects, but that ...
Jul 07 2019Asking For Help as a Junior Dev, Without Seeming Lazy
One thing I enjoy in my first-ever dev role is the opportunity to learn from the brightest minds and expand my developer skillset. Encountering coding roadblocks and known-unknowns is...
Apr 26 2019The Non-Cliche Guide To Breaking Into Tech
It took 196 days from the day I completed my online coding bootcamp, to the day I received the letter offering me a Software Engineering position at a large Virginia-based company.
Feb 07 2019Beyond Arit.Dev
Women Learning To Code 2019
I created an infographic from a survey of women learning to code and yet to land their first dev job.
My Journey Into Tech
When I look back how I pivoted into software engineering, I think: 'I must have been mad!' 😂