When you're just not feeling the drive to excel at work, try these suggestions to give yourself a hit of motivation

How often do we sit and ask ourselves, do I like this?

In the midst of covid-19 and missing the Met Opera and Carnegie Hall, I found myself wanting to learn again. I turned to Coursera, which was my online learning platform of choice the last time I wanted to learn something new, which to my best recollection was in college. Because online learning is infamously difficult to stay committed to, I wanted to pick a topic that was purely fun and I would be motivated to continue attending. I landed on Dr. Craig Wright's Introduction to Classical Music which became my weekend companion for around two months.

What is it with kids and the quest to learn every programming language?

In my on-going quest to elevate more women into software engineering, I have come across an interesting trend. At many stages of their careers, including as early as intro to CS courses in high school and through college graduates, I get asked: how many programming languages do you speak?

Day 1: Made it.

I survived my first day of instructing a Girls Who Code Campus program. I'm exhausted, my feet hurt, and I have even more respect for teachers! Seven hours on your feet, leading lessons, answering questions, and keeping the energy high is a challenge.

Three years ago a dear friend sent me a link to an article. “This sounds up your alley,” she said. It was about an initiative to get high school girls into programming. As a female software engineer who went through her computer science classes surrounded by men, I was intrigued.