Remember when you were little and you had all those recitals. It was so easy when you were rehearsing with everyone, and much harder when you were on stage. Seeing others doing the same thing you were trying to do gave you some measure of confidence that you could do it. That’s what a community...
No one ever woke up and said, “What’s the hard way to win today? I want that one.” Or maybe someone did. We’ll never know. The fact is that being African-American, female and pursuing a career in the technology industry is not the easiest thing to do. The adjectives that precede “pursuing a career in...
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late. – Seymour Cray There are many jobs out there for people who can tell what a programmer is doing before it is too late, and also to manage the problems that may arise, and a lot...
Too many memes make it seem like you can just hack our way into a tech job. Some of us are designers and cannot hack our way out of an email subscription, people! There are very many jobs in the tech industry, and they just keep coming up. There is literally no end to the...
The technology industry is not typical. Every field and niche is unique and so has its own unique patterns. You have to learn them to fit in. this is actually easier than it sounds. The technology industry is considerably more relaxed than others. All the same, there are strategies that always work. Know your stuff...
The future of the world is computers, and we have to keep this in mind. The world is evolving and everything is being automated; from conversations to cars. Now, how are we going to rule the world if we are not the majority of the people making these things happen?
