RailsConf 2015: Crossing the Canyon of Cognizance
I’m still processing all the great feedback I got after giving my talk “Crossing The Canyon Of Cognizance: A Shared Adventure”, but I wanted to get the slides posted online along with the links to the blog posts and articles I cite. (I added a few extra “suggested reading” links too for the ambitious.)
A full post on RailsConf will go here shortly. 👆
Links!
Jeff Atwood, @codinghorror, “Please Don’t Learn to Code”
Zed Shaw, @zedshaw, ”Please Don’t Become Anything, Especially Not a Programmer”
Stephanie Morillo, @radiomorillo, RubyWanKenoobie blog, “Through the Looking Glass: When Upward Mobility and Access to Tech Are a Train Stop Away”
Sarah Mei, @sarahmei, “Programming is Not Math”
Sara Simon, @sarambsimon, “Seven Months Later”
Kylie Stradley, @kyfast, “Amelia Bedelia Learns to Code”
Sasha Laundy, @SashaLaundy, “Your Brain’s API: Giving and Getting Technical Help”
Ashley Nelson-Hornstein, @ashleynh, “On Heroes”
Dominic M. Liddel, @dominicmliddell, “Lessons Learned While Working to Build Black Tech Community”
Rebecca Poulson, @rebeccapoulson, “The Junior Jump”, (link will be added when posted on Ancient City Ruby site)
Stephanie Migdalia Pi Herrera, @pi_inthecloud, “Institutional Barriers for Women of Color at Code Schools”
Suggested reading (this list might grow):
Erik Trautman, “Why Learning to Code is So Damn Hard”
Alicia Liu, @aliciatweet, “You don’t have Impostor Syndrome”
Katherine Wu, @kwugirl, “How to Be a Better Junior Developer”
David Robinson, @drob, “A Million Lines of Bad Code”
Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., @monicafcox, “Professionally Prepared but Not Pioneer Prepared”
Talk Chatter
I’d requested that everyone moved to one side of the room or the other since my slides were more important than my face. Walter’s tweet about it made me laugh!
Room is split to better view the slides... It's like west side story up in @pwnela s talk at #railsconf2015 pic.twitter.com/TRuDMYtz4T
— Walter Latimer (@walterlatimer) April 22, 2015Okay, then I actually gave the talk:
Really excited to go with Tenderfoot and @pwnela on an adventure! #railsconf
— Jordan Burke (@PendragonDev) April 22, 2015Loving the mutually reinforcing themes of talks by @pwnela @erniemiller @KyFaSt (and others) at #railsconf #humanedevelopment
— Hsing-Hui Hsu (@SoManyHs) April 22, 2015.@pwnela has captured the self-taught newbie's wins and frustrations in a great talk! #railsconf2015
— jaimes (@EduPunkN00b) April 22, 2015Had a lil code cry during @pwnela's talk at #railsconf, too many good things to quote. To start, meet Tenderfoot pic.twitter.com/K1LuSZEAra
— Jessica Goulding (@jessicag) April 22, 2015Love @pwnela dropping "Crossing the Canyon of Cognizance" expansion pack. Hint: it's being an underrepresented person in tech #railsconf
— kylie stradley (@KyFaSt) April 22, 2015Crossing the Canyon of Cognizance: A Shared Adventure, by @pwnela. One of my fav talks #railsconf2015 pic.twitter.com/9EhEn5iN28
— Ana Castro (@anymoto) April 22, 2015I wanted to stand up and shout at the end of @pwnela's talk: "I am Tenderfoot, hear me roar or whatever noise unicorns make)!"
— Kristin Clement (@kmblackwell) April 22, 2015@pwnela just explained my coding experience in a 40 mins presentation. Where were you 9 months ago? #railsconf
— J. Simmons (@jsnsimmons) April 22, 2015Great talk @pwnela. Great perspectives, especially the emotional impacts we have on learners. Expansion pack++ #GirlsWhoCode #railsconf
— Paul Baker (@paulbaker3) April 22, 2015@pwnela's talk is my fave so far. And I'm not just saying that b/c she's my guide. Also, you can now call me Tenderfoot Thompson.
— Rashida Thompson (@rashidathompson) April 22, 2015I was so touched that people had an emotional reaction to Tenderfoot’s journey. I wouldn’t have had a Tenderfoot without my wonderful coworker and friend Tam Vo. We’re working on releasing a fun Tenderfoot sticker set, so keep some đź‘€ out for that!