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Welcome! And thanks for visiting.
In 2016, with a Master's degree in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language and almost eight years in the teaching field, I decided to transition into a career in software development. Through the process of learning to code, I was delighted to discover the many analogies between learning human languages and learning programming languages, and have since spoken and written extensively on this topic.
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Over the last few years, I've had a ton of fun improving my programming skills, as well as advocating for and supporting folks who are trying to make the transition into technology careers. I truly believe that with sufficient time, motivation, and support from the community, anybody can learn how to code and become a software developer.
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When I'm not building software for Pluralsight Flow, I'm either curled up with a book, learning something new, hiking with my husband and dog in the Colorado Rockies, traveling to faraway places, working on my golf swing, or beating my husband at ping pong.
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Feel free to get in touch, especially if you need someone to convince you that you, too, can successfully transition into a career in computer programming. If I could do it, you can do it.
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Following are research, presentations, articles, webinars, podcasts and interviews published and hosted externally:
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> Research
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> Conference Presentations
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​​​Using a learning-themed retrospective to strengthen your team’s learning culture and reduce learning debt (LeadDev New York 2023)
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How a Year in Engineering Leadership Has Made Me a Better Individual Contributor (LeadDev SanFran 2022 | Selected for LeadDev's Annual Wrapped Conference where they recast the best of the year's presentations from their four conferences)​
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> Articles
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Close technical skills gaps with a principal learning engineer​
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​What second language acquisition can teach us about learning to code: Part 1​
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Solving Engineering Bottlenecks Is Key To Increasing Productivity and Delivering Value to Customers
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> Podcasts
> Webinars
> Interviews
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Inspiring Women in Tech: Interview with Kristen Foster-Marks
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Women in Tech: “Remember to ask for a lot of help along the way”
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Create your own talent: build developers from nontech employees
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> Miscellany
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