Published in HackerNoon.com·May 10, 2017SREies Part 1: Configuration ManagementSREies is a series on topics related to my job as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). About a month ago, I wrote an article about what it means to be an SRE which included a compatibility quiz and resource list to those who were intrigued by the role. …DevOps7 min readDevOps7 min read
Published in Code Like A Girl·Mar 30, 20174 Ways I Celebrated Women’s History Month This YearWomen Who Code Webinar: My Career in Coding and How I Transitioned My Career Yesterday I had the opportunity to give a presentation in a Women Who Code SF Webinar hosted by Hackbright Academy. The Webinar was entitled: “My Career in Coding and How I Transitioned My Career.” I set three objectives for the talk: Objective #1: Walk through my experience making a career…Women4 min readWomen4 min read
Published in HackerNoon.com·Mar 24, 2017So you want to be an SRE?About 9 months ago I set out to leave my teaching career of six years to pursue a career as a Software Engineer. I attended a 3 month Programming Bootcamp called Hackbright Academy during which I not only learned the fundamentals of programming, but more importantly, the fundamentals of what…DevOps10 min readDevOps10 min read
Published in The Bethune Project·Mar 14, 2017Meet the Creator of The Bethune ProjectJustin McLeod Bethune is on a mission to change the way Black men are portrayed in our society. After watching the documentary 13th, Justin was frustrated by the media’s history of promoting negative images of Black men as rapists, jokesters/ ‘dumb’ entertainers and criminals. …BlackLivesMatter2 min readBlackLivesMatter2 min read
Feb 22, 2017Week 3: #Educate28In my previous post, I introduced my month long project called #Educate28 in which I pledge to post one educational tool per day for learning more about Black History. In case you missed them (or don’t use twitter), check out last week’s tools below. Week 1 Recap is viewable here…BlackLivesMatter2 min readBlackLivesMatter2 min read
Feb 14, 2017Week 2: #Educate28In my previous post, I introduced my month long project called #Educate28 in which I pledge to post one educational tool per day for learning more about Black History. In case you missed them (or don’t use twitter), check out last week’s tools below. Week 1 Recap is viewable here. Day 8: Henrietta Lack’s Contributions to Cancer Research …BlackLivesMatter3 min readBlackLivesMatter3 min read
Feb 8, 2017Week 1: #Educate28In my previous post, I introduced my month long project called #Educate28 in which I pledge to post one educational tool per day for learning more about Black History. In case you missed them (or don’t use twitter), check out last week’s tools below. Day 1: Documentary 13th View the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKkBlackLivesMatter2 min readBlackLivesMatter2 min read
Feb 2, 20175 Ways I am Celebrating Black History Month This YearAt first glance, you might not know that I come from a mixed home. Even though I have very fair skin, I identify as an African American woman. Whenever Black History Month comes along, it is important for me to try to stay as educated as possible about my heritage. …BlackLivesMatter4 min readBlackLivesMatter4 min read
Published in HackerNoon.com·Dec 18, 20168 Tools for Organizing your Post-Bootcamp Job SearchThis week I served on a panel at Hackbright Academy entitled “How I Got My Job Alumni Panel.” …Careers14 min readCareers14 min read