A Girl in the Industry
In three months, I spoke at five events in three months including APItheDocs, AWS Summit, Revolution Conf, AWS Community Day, and PearConf, all differing in size and target audiences. During this time, I also participated in partner meetings on behalf of my company and had to go to a family funeral. Unfortunately, I have a …
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In three months, I spoke at five events in three months including APItheDocs, AWS Summit, Revolution Conf, AWS Community Day, and PearConf, all differing in size and target audiences. In that time, I developed a standard structure that helped me build my talks faster. Having a standardized structure also alleviates my social anxiety, as it …
Before April of 2019, I had never spoken at a technical conference or meetup before. By the end of June, I would have spoken five times on various Serverless Subjects. It was an insane period of growth. One might call it a Serverless Spring! Given the opportunity, I would do each event again and recommend …
I recently went to the DevOps day at the AWS Pop-up Loft in San Francisco. The briefest rundown is that while I didn't really meet or speak to anyone, I would still do the event again. I learned a lot, and I felt supported as far as the instructors were concerned. The presenters were also well-versed and had the right level of expertise to be able to answer questions and keep time. It could have gone better, but it was still pretty good.
On the way out, the woman in charge of the event caught me to ask how I found the event. I was honest with her. There were too many people, not enough time, and not enough companies. She agreed. It was their first time working with that Women/Hack, so she wanted critical feedback. Also, if …
This is where I name names, which I actually try to actively avoid in this blog because the Internet has a Long Memory. So let me run a disclaimer right now: This is in no way a reflection of the companies. I’m sure a lot of this is informed by the 5-minute restriction and the …
The event started late, which normally wouldn’t be a huge deal. After all, they had actual food and coffee which immediately is better than most of my Job Fair/Meet Up experiences. And they had chairs! Cushy chairs. So I got to hang out and chat with one of the other women there. But, on their …
Earlier this month I was invited to take part in Women/Hack Silicon Valley as a Developer. I missed the one up in San Francisco, and I found the format intriguing. "WomenHack gives you 15-20 face-to-face meetings (5 minutes each) with top tech companies in your city. Events are organized in a rapid format to keep …
Grace Hopper was the single best conference I've ever attended. I've never been around so many smart professional technical women before and never been more thrilled to do it. And even as I managed to slip away for a handful of sessions, I was never without the feeling that we were not done yet. It's …
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Through this week of Grace Hopper Recaps, I've mentioned more than once that I'm the one female in my office and that got me sent to the conference. I wasn't the only one in my office to go. One of our senior engineers accompanied me, or rather I accompanied a male engineer to a conference …
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