Kara Luton 🩰👩🏼‍💻

Hi, I’m Kara 👋🏼 👩🏼‍💻 UI/UX engineer 🩰 Retired ballerina 🎵 Former music publicist 🎓 Bootcamp grad 🎙️ Conference speaker 🐶 Dog mom to Maggie and Franklin 🏒 Nashville Predators fan 🪴 Owns too many plants

What I look at during zoom calls 🥐

I’ll always have a special place in my heart for CodeStock since it was my very first speaking gig! It’s an amazing conference for attendees and speakers alike.

✨Guess what?! I’ve transitioned into an engineering manager position on my team! I’m so excited to take on the new challenges that come with this and to lead and support my team as we continue building great things together 🚀💪🏻

Idk how I’ve been at my current workplace for six years without starting a swifties slack channel but I’ve finally done it.

I went to a coding bootcamp 8 years ago and I recently found out I got promoted to senior engineer 🙌🏻 Senior engineer seemed so far away when I first started in tech. It’s crazy that I’m here now and to see all the progress I’ve made in the past 8 years.

Heading to my first tech meetup in FOUR YEARS tonight. Can’t wait to see ya, @nash_js!

It’s taken seven years of not working in public relations but I’m finally a fan of the Oxford comma. …it makes sense? Who woulda thought?!

All I want for my birthday today is a @PredsNHL win 🤞🏼

Your daily reminder to stop addressing mail to “Mr. And Mrs. <Husband’s first name> <Last name>”. I still have my own name even though I’m married 🙃

Me currently listening to @Beyonce’s COWBOY CARTER while coding

What are y’all’s favorite resources to learn @reactjs? I’ve been working in Ember and Vue for the past seven years and want to expand my knowledge a bit more!

I have one of the best coworkers around

I’m number four. Code and terminal on the vertical monitor and then localhost on the main.

Getting a nice office chair has significantly improved my day-to-day. I was hesitant to spend money on the Herman Miller Aeron but it is worth it 🙌🏼

Anybody else have multiple to-do lists that all are very specific? 🙋🏼‍♀️ I have one in my notes app on my laptop with general to-dos. Then another that I hand write with items I need to address for what I’m currently working on.

Came to work out of a coffee shop today to find out this place allows dogs inside 🙌🏼 This is my version of heaven.

Have I officially made it? My local coffee shop knows my name.

I love when that fix you think of right before you fall asleep ends up working.

I swear the second I share my screen with someone I forget how to code 🙃