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Manager / Coder / Photographer / ex-Zamboni Driver / Edge Case

Atlanta, Ga
Joined January 2009
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Juneteenth Conference is a free virtual tech conference made for and featuring Black people in technology. The conference celebrates Black Excellence and promotes community for Black people who are severely underrepresented in the tech industry. juneteenthconf.com/
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I built a tool based on @aflyingpigeon 's BICEPS framework that helped me get through some stages of burnout. It features matters to you section so you can determine what's the most out of balance and determine a starting point. docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Google sheets has some advanced features hidden away. Prepending 1 or 10 to subtotal's method codes will only take into account visible data. Very useful if you have a filtered view. via: webapps.stackexchange.com/qu…
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I added some more links to my leadership link dump. Would it be worth it to move it from gist to repo and open it up for PRs? gist.github.com/easement/41a…
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I would take this quote one step farther and drop the constantly from the beginning to make it say "Talking isn't necessarily communicating." You need to also listen for communication to happen. brainyquote.com/quotes/charl… .
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Don't let recency bias of short term missteps undermine long term accomplishments with annual reviews. Keep a log of accomplishments throughout the year.
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Here's a great repository of self-care resources for developers & others. It's such an important topic and isn't discussed nearly as much as it should be. selfcare.tech/
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Been thinking about how work flows through a system and how to affect change while not having a surplus of authority or social social capital. Here's a great way to approach it. donellameadows.org/archives/…
This is a neat approach for tracking career growth. medium.com/we-build-vend/a-g…
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Here's a slightly different take than the pickle jar of time management. It's mgmt focused, but applicable to all. medium.learningbyshipping.co…
The BSA expands programs to welcome girls from Cub Scouts to highest rank of Eagle Scout scoutingnewsroom.org/press-r…
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I'd never heard of protective hesitation before, but it's definitely something mentors/managers need to think about. youtube.com/watch?v=sBD1SGuH…
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