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  • Speaking on a panel @ Technology in the Developing World

    I am honored to be joining Rebecca, Renee and Luke on a panel discussion after Rebecca’s main talk in Manchester. I’ll be there mostly talking about career paths and my experiences as a developer (and a woman in technology). Looking forward to it. link to event information and sign up

  • Back At the Grace Hopper Celebration

    So I’m happy to say that I’ll be once again attending the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing! This years celebration is in Baltimore, USA. I’m very much looking forward to it. I’ve started to build quite a network of friends that I see there every year. It will also be great fun to…

  • Becoming a Tech Lead

    I’ve been a senior developer for over a year now and I’m starting to think about how I can grow into an awesome tech lead. I’ve always wished that there was some kind of manual that would explain to me how to become a tech lead. Which skills I would need to learn and grow,…

  • Notes from Strengths Based Leadership

    Now that I am commuting for two hours a day on the train, I have a lot more time to catch up on some reading. The followup of Strengths Finder from Gallup is this book, Strengths Based Leadership. I am a big fan of the Strengths Finder book and it’s accompanying online test, so I…

  • May Bluebells In Devon

    Whilst I was in Devon, I spent a hour taking pictures in my parents garden. My birthday is in May and I always associate bluebells with that time of year.

  • Interviewed for a BBC Podcast about being in Technology

    On Sunday I attended the first Geek Girl Meetup in London. see here It was a great event, lovely to see such a vibrant and varied tech scene in London. There was a total cross section of people there too, from startup entrepreneurs to low latency Java devs to web developers. I did a short…