A cowgirl journey
summary
Ten years of practice distilled into concrete turns: migrated a 1988 Visual Basic cartography app to VB.NET by hand because the old drawing library no longer exists; learns design patterns from Head First Design Patterns and refactoring from a Martin Fowler–based course; adopts TDD and pairing via weekly Katayunos code katas; joins a 100% remote company and ships three Rails projects from rails new to production in five months while confronting hiring gaps and daily gender bias.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction and thanks
- 1:08Personal introspection and story
- 3:20Choosing professional training
- 5:09First job and unemployment struggle
- 7:21First mentor and design patterns
- 9:57Working abroad in the Netherlands
- 12:31Investment in professional growth
- 13:36Discovering Devscola and Code Katas
- 16:29Agile methodology and team culture
- 20:24Software Craftsmanship philosophy
- 22:57Transition to remote work
- 25:50Becoming a public speaker
- 27:19Giving back to the community
- 29:50Being a woman in tech
- 33:03Key learnings from the journey
- 36:37Overcoming impostor syndrome
- 40:13Conclusion and self-acceptance
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