Anna Holland SmithThere’s More to Workplace Diversity Than Eliminating Hiring BiasChoosing new hires without knowing their names is a start, but it won’t solve tech’s diversity problemMar 11, 201921Mar 11, 201921
Anna Holland SmithA Marginal Gains Approach to Self-ImprovementThe ushering in of a new year, for many of us, will be accompanied by a renewed commitment to our own self-improvement. From fitness fads…Jan 21, 2019Jan 21, 2019
Anna Holland SmithGetting started with VirtualBox and VagrantA quick and easy guide to setting up a local Linux environment (using Vagrant on Ubuntu 16.04)Sep 19, 2018Sep 19, 2018
Anna Holland SmithEncouraging women to fail: The answer to getting more women to pursue tech careers?One of the most impactful things I have learned during the course of my coding career is not how to traverse a binary tree recursively or…Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
Anna Holland SmithFive Simple Steps towards a simple (but elegant) terminal setupPrerequisitesAug 12, 2018Aug 12, 2018
Anna Holland SmithImposter Syndrome: Should we have to put up with it?My own experience as a software engineer has been that as I continue to develop and learn I grow more acutely aware of the (many) things…Aug 7, 20181Aug 7, 20181
Anna Holland SmithDeploying a web app in seconds with Firebase(If you’re super anxious to get started, head to the bottom of this page where you’ll find a TL;DR version of this walkthrough)Aug 5, 2018Aug 5, 2018
Anna Holland SmithWhere are all the female crash test dummies?(Or why the need for diversity in STEM is a matter of life or death)May 4, 20182May 4, 20182
Anna Holland SmithWhy the tech skills gap is not (just) a pipeline problemPlease note that this post was first published on Tech North as a precursor to their Digital Jobs Action Summit.Jun 3, 2017Jun 3, 2017