Hi! I'm Carol

I'm a frontend software engineer
and community organiser.

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Women in Tech: What do we even do?

How I got here

• Games
• MSPaint art
• HTML on notepad
• Blog template tinkering
• University (twice 😅)

To do:

• Go to meetings!
• Write code (solo/pair)
• Review code
• Infra work
• Incident response

Because backend is such a different space. You are in control. You tell the computer to do something, and it does it.

Frontend is a constant battle. It's like raising a teenager who is always talking back and doing whatever they wanna do.

— Angie Jones (@techgirl1908) June 26, 2020

Mind my tone

• I! Sound! Like! A! Psycho!
• 🙂🙏🙌😅
• Softening my points
• "I feel"

Glue work

• Proactive communication
• Work organisation tasks
• External questions & requests
• Writing docs
• Knowledge sharing

Emotional work

• Checking in with team mates
• Talking through issues
• Instigating fun

But why?

• Because I care
• Needs to be done
• I'm good at it

What you can do

• Work on your hiring process
• Mentorship Sponsorship
• Learn to recognise patterns
• Intervene & help put systems in place
• Lend your privilege

What I will do

• Get comfortable unambiguously positioning myself
• Cut back on "diversity" work
• Focus on technical excellence
• Not become a manager
• Work on my community

Thank you! 💛✨