Published in NYT Open·Mar 7, 2019What if Child Care Were as Standard as Coffee at Conferences?I almost gave a conference talk while holding my baby. It was a moment so absurd that if it were a plot point in a movie, I would have called it sloppy writing. “This is just too obvious,” I would have laughed. “That kind of bad timing would never happen…Code6 min readCode6 min read
Sep 16, 2018Boob Half EmptyWell, this is vulnerable and deeply personal so I’d rather keep it private… which is precisely why I will publish my experiences instead. So many women feel alone in first weighing the decision and then managing the burden of childcare, especially when we have our full lives, both personal and…Parenting5 min readParenting5 min read
Published in NYT Open·Jun 26, 2017From Bootstrap to CSS GridDespite many clever hacks and creative workarounds, there hasn’t been a simple answer for creating layout on the web. From misusing tables, to over-engineering simple floats that push around content, developers have consistently struggled to translate designs to code. Developers have been saying for years that there has to be…CSS6 min readCSS6 min read
May 2, 2017No one succeeds in tech alone.The rockstar myth is so pervasive because it’s far easier to assume someone succeeded on their own than it is to picture the many people who helped them along the way. …Conference7 min readConference7 min read
Aug 7, 2016Why developers should share their #First SevenJobsCognitive Dissonance: Believing two opposing things at the same time. — Just about everyone is sharing their #FirstSevenJobs on Twitter right now, and I’m having fun imagining the amazing tech people I follow as young teachers, ice cream scoopers, bartenders, musicians, retail workers, paperboys, baristas, admin assistants, lifeguards, dish washers, stay at home parents, writers, and more. …Women In Tech2 min readWomen In Tech2 min read
Jul 27, 2016Test Driven Hiring: How to find and hire the people you wantI’ll be honest, I briefly considered going full click bait and starting this article with “Is your coding challenge so poorly written that it is turning away the people you want to hire?” Or, “Is your whiteboard test setting people up to fail, and then adding insult to injury by…Hiring For Startup4 min readHiring For Startup4 min read
Mar 24, 2016Waste Your TimeCatch up and keep up in tech — “Fast Paced startup seeks passionate coder” I have encountered a surprisingly persistent myth of what this passionate coder looks like — so passionate that they want to code in their free time, don’t mind 80 hour work weeks, and consider showers optional until their code compiles. …Learning To Code8 min readLearning To Code8 min read
Dec 22, 2015I didn’t belong in tech.Lea Verou wrote an awesome article (thank you so much for putting all of that positivity out there!) What started as a comment in reply is now this article. I would have loved for Lea’s message to reach me earlier. I felt intimidated by a career in tech and the…Learning To Code4 min readLearning To Code4 min read
Sep 15, 2015Name CallingWhat learning opportunities have you missed because you said “I’m not a designer” or “I am not a coder” ? Or how many times have you missed out on widening your skill set because you’re known as “just” a back end developer? …Tech2 min readTech2 min read
