One of my goals for 2019 is to speak at 2-3 conferences. I am happy to report that I successfully completed my first conference speaking engagement on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at DevFest KC on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City!
Read More →I mentioned in a previous post that I took the non-traditional road to becoming a software engineer by attending a coding bootcamp, and that I did manage to learn a few tech-ish things. Well, I also learned quite a few non-tech things during the course of the program.
Read More →I spent my morning with Dr. Shirley Davis in an amazing diversity & inclusion workshop hosted by Nonprofit Connect at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, Missouri. We broke down the difference between diversity and inclusion, why you need both, and how to achieve both in an organization.
Read More →I didn’t take the college road to becoming a software engineer. I went to college to become a rocket scientist, and I hold a B.S. in Physics for my efforts. Although aerospace engineering hasn’t become a reality for me as of yet, I am not particularly dismayed.
Read More →I gave up New Year’s resolutions two years ago in favor of mantras. Previous years proved to me that I wasn’t working on anything I “resolved” to do. So, in 2017, I decided to change my approach, and it has stuck with me ever since.
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