It's been a minute since my last post and also since the last time I wrote Ruby for a living. After a five-month-or-so React Native binge, I'm back on the Rails, and wow, I literally typed const yesterday when defining a variable. By which I mean it's going great, how are you?

Yesterday I had the amazing pleasure of leading a workshop for women and non-binary folks in tech as part of Write/Speak/Code's Own Your Expertise event in Chicago. I was so nervous, but at the same time excited to help out fellow programmers by bringing my previous career expertise — writing — to bear in my new profession.

Recently in a meeting at my company, we were doing a retrospective — you know, the kind where you write "Start," "Stop," and "Keep" up on a board and everyone offers their thoughts on how we can improve moving forward. I raised my hand and asked, "Have we talked about accessibility lately?"

Last August, I graduated from Dev Bootcamp (RIP) and was, to my surprise and delight, hired to stay on as a student mentor. I could give back to the organization! I could stave off the impending doom of unemployment! I could work part-time for a livable wage and still have the energy to apply to full-time jobs! Yay!

8/22/18: Updated and cross-posted on the 20spokes blog