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Valerie ๐Ÿฆโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ | Founder of Phoenixing
@DigitalBlkHippy
Fractional CTO for startups โ†’ Idea โ†’ production in months ๐ŸŽจ Artist | ๐Ÿง  Psychology | ๐ŸŒด Cali
a mac around a bunch of pcs
Joined March 2010
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    Facebook just reminded me I started my tech journey 8 years ago. I went from data entry to Frontend dev in 8 months. From $15/hr to jumping into an industry that offered 100k+ salaries w/ 2-3 years of experience. All before graduation w/ a degree in psychology & art
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    I'll never forget the feeling I had when I found out the fake white male LinkedIn profile I made with the exact same work history & education got job offers that never hit my inbox.
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    After 1 year in tech, I made $54k as a frontend dev. I hit $120k when I had 5 years of experience because I was extremely underpaid. I'm not repeating these patterns. I posted a job with a salary band of $120,000-$140,000 for a minimum of 1 year of experience.
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    Companies really tried to bully us into think itโ€™s a bad thing to job hop when they still do mass layoffs when data has proven they donโ€™t work.
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    And I mean the profiles were EXACTLY the same. The only difference was the name and profile image. So ya, when anyone tells me it's a "pipeline issue" it's hard for me not to feel annoyed.
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    May I never forget the relief I felt for working hard enough to finally land a tech job make 90k and cover some of my mothers medical bills. People are complaining 100k isnโ€™t much. But it is. I went from 18k a year to 45k to 90k and I was in a whole new world.
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    Iโ€™m getting an uptick in recruiters reaching out to me for roles So I went to check the LinkedIn I made with all of my experience, just a white guys name and profile picture and guess what Heโ€™s getting offers to roles Iโ€™m not. Large companies, higher titles, more pay
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    So I never worked on an open-source project because I felt like it was for people who _knew what they were doing_ But I just remembered no one knows what they're doing and there is no such thing as good code. Barrier removed!
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    Hereโ€™s a hot take, most senior developers donโ€™t know html
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    A lot of people have asked me why I got into tech, and my answer will always be money.
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    The real benefit of a standing desk is the fact that you can dance and code.
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    Someone told me there's not a lot of POC that worked in tech for 5 or more years. Can yall help me prove them wrong? If you've been in tech for 5 or more years reply and retweet to find more #POCInTech