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Kedasha โœจ
@itsthatladydev
Jamaican girly doing tech tings ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’ Developer Advocate @github + Content Creator ๐ŸŽฅ Free Tech Guide for new Devs: itsthatlady.dev/get-into-tech-โ€ฆ
Chicago
Joined September 2018
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    OMG look at meeeee ๐Ÿฅน Likkle island gyal on the tech stage ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ’•
    Y'all! @itsthatladydev KILLED it on her #GitHubUniverse keynote. Sooo sooo good! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพโค๏ธ๐Ÿฅน
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    I'm so glad I kept going.๐Ÿ’• 1 year later I was at my 1st dev job. 2 years later I was promoted. 3 years later, I got into devrel. 4 years later, I work at Github ๐Ÿฅน Still feel like a fake lol BUT I push thru and keep it movin'.
    I've been struggling so hard with confidence in my coding abilities.๐Ÿ˜ฉ I tell myself I can't do something before even trying. ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜ฅ #CodeNewbie #WomenWhoCode #webdev #impostersyndrome
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    Microsoft is offering FREE Virtual Trainings for Azure & Office365.๐Ÿ“ข At the end of the training, you'll receive a FREE voucher to complete the certification exam. Sign up & Spread the Word ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ #CloudComputing #BlackTechTwitter #100DaysOfCode
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    It's sad to me that we forget so quickly that we were once the "inexperienced" person. We all start from "hello world" and someone at some company took a gamble and hired us in that 1st role, where we were trained to be "experienced". How can one learn if they're not taught?
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    I was promoted from Associate Software Engineer to Software Engineer at my company! ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ Started working on my new team y'day and loving it so far! Lots to learn though haha ๐Ÿ˜ #WomenWhoCode #BlackLivesMatter ๐Ÿฅณ
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    Grateful that I'm allowed to be a true Jr Developer on my team.๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป I'm allowed to ask questions, fail, succeed, be curious & work at my own pace.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ I have all the tools I need to be successful & my team is very supportive.๐Ÿ’ญ
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    Happy to announce that I've accepted a role as an Associate Engineer @NMFinancial ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿคฏ I'm still trying to process!! OMG #webdev I accomplished my goal early! ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ #lambdaschool
    By the end of 2019, I intend to gain a role as a Front-End Developer ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป #BlackTechTwitter #frontenddeveloper #WomenWhoCode #blackgirlscode #GoalSetting
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    It was this day last year I discovered #code for the 1st time ever! Now I have an 18+ hours one way ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ road trip next week to live in a new city to start a brand new career in software enginering.๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜† #oneyearofcode Life is wild. #WomenWhoCode
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    By the end of 2019, I intend to gain a role as a Front-End Developer ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป #BlackTechTwitter #frontenddeveloper #WomenWhoCode #blackgirlscode #GoalSetting
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    Prepping for #githubuniverse tings at HQ ๐Ÿ’• Did I tell yโ€™all Iโ€™m in the keynote on Wednesday?! Like, Iโ€™m gonna be on the massive stage ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝโœจ Soo excited!!
    Kedasha smiling in a chat at GitHub hq with coding on the monitor in the background
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    Iโ€™m SUPER ecstatic to share that Iโ€™ve started a new position as Developer Advocate at @github! ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ˜โœจ๏ธ I get to work with @blackgirlbytes @film_girl @bdougieYO @martinwoodward and many more awesome folks!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ Maybe this'll pull me back onto Twitter ๐Ÿ˜†
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    I've been a professional dev for 6 months now!๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ I can't believe it ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป I've learned quite a bit๐Ÿง , may write up a post soon๐Ÿ“. #CodeNewbie #womenintech
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    You GUYSSSS!!๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ I got the timer to work!! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿค— it's incrementing and doing all the things!! Here is my code๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ. I'm quite proud.๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜ฌ #CodeNewbie #WomenWhoCode #webdev #100DaysOfCode
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    You are smart enough to be a Software Developer. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป #CodeNewbie #BlackTechTwitter #blackgirlscode #womenintech #100DaysOfCode #webdev