Assumptions
The company I work at just got acquired by a bigger company earlier this month. As a result, we had a big celebration party at a restaurant nearby. I was Read More …
Category: Life
The Dress
When my commute to work was super long, I used to daydream up short stories. This is the first in a series called Receipts. I came up with the idea Read More …
What makes homelessness hard
Today, I woke up in a warm bed. My apartment is secure from strangers and other dangers. I am able to take a hot shower for as long as I Read More …
Learn to apologize
More and more people have been asking me what they can do to make things better for women and minorities in the tech industry. It always makes my day when Read More …
When good is scary
The past couple of weeks has been awesome for me. Scratch that. The past couple of months have been awesome for me. In the past month, I’ve gone to 5 Read More …
Learning to swim
I never learned how to swim as a child. My grandparents had a swimming pool, but I only remember being around the pool a handful of times as a kid. Read More …
A tribute to my grandmother
A compliment to last year’s A tribute to my mother My grandmother has four children and nine grandchildren. My grandparents spent most of their adult lives in Mexico, Missouri. My Read More …
A short thought on boredom
I am bored when I am driving to and from work. When I’m folding laundry. When I’m in the shower. When I’m waiting in line at the store. When the Read More …
A talk, a ticket, and unexpected trust
A talk I gave a talk on my post From babies to software development: A quest to afford all the cupcakes. It was so nerve wracking to talk about something Read More …
It’s okay to be average
I woke up in a cold sweat the other night because I had a dream that I was kicked off my team at work because I wasn’t learning fast enough. Read More …