Articles tagged community
Long Story Short: I Found My Place Between Code and Community
Taylor Swift once said, “Sometimes walking out is one thing that will find you the right thing.” That’s probably what happened to me. During my engineering days, all I ever wanted was to be a backend engineer, write code all day, use dark mode for IDEs, and sip coffee. And it all happened, I started as a software developer focused on shipping features, debugging all night, and building new features again. However, something felt incomplete,...
The One Where I Found My Way to DevRel
If you’ve watched Friends, you’ll know that life rarely goes according to plan. One day, you’re helping a friend move a couch while yelling “Pivot!”, and the next, you’re wondering how you ended up there in the first place. My career has felt a little like that. Growing up, I was always drawn to creative pursuits. You could usually find me with a book in hand, experimenting with calligraphy, sketching something random, writing poetry, baking...
9 Talks I Can't Wait to See at Iterate
This year on February 27th my team at Okta will host our first ever developer conference, Iterate. It will be held in downtown San Francisco at Bespoke and has an incredible lineup of speakers from around the world. I am beyond excited to see some of the things that will be discussed. In this post I’d like to share with you the nine sessions I’m most looking forward to: 1. Our Opening Keynote with Jeff...