My friend Maggie and I were discussing the way compsci's approach their career. Those who take the artisan track ask "What inspires me? What do I want to create?"; they evaluate their career in terms of the difference (and things) they make. Those who take the technician track say "I've checked these boxes and now ...
At Ignite Waterloo a guy gave a talk about "Why All My Ex-Girlfriends Are Crazy". Of course, I was dying to know why. The reason? They were women who having achieved at university and then started their career had got to a point in their lives where they no longer had the same level of stress ...
You might have noticed that last weekend, I overhauled the design on my blog. I felt that it was time for a change, and it's one that is related to a change in attitude that I've had of late. One of the things I've changed is my tag-line. It's now: Cate extends Human implements Programmer Good coding practice ...
The other day I was having lunch with some other interns, and they were discussing their GPA. It made me question what I was doing, surrounded by 20-22 year-olds who think that a GPA is a measure of achievement and/or a defining characteristic. I mean, to participate in the conversation should I calculate my GPA? ...
The other day, I had a phone interview for quite possibly my dream job. With the encouragement of my mentors and friends I was feeling good about it, and going for it, until a few hours before when I was practically vibrating with fear. I don't know how it went. I definitely didn't connect with the ...
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Among the (many) reasons I haven't been blogging lately, is the conference I attended at the weekend - CCWESTT, which stands for Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology. It was great - amazing speakers, enlightening talks, and the chance to spend time with some of the other execs from WISE. I left, exhausted ...
I've been in a couple of situations recently where I felt I had to apologize for, or justify my emotions. I contend that's unfair - I don't make decisions as a result of my emotions, but I do react emotionally to events. I cry - at the news, at movies, books, at TV shows. I get ...
I've had a post in mind for a while now, about how I accidentally mis-branded myself as an educator, why that was a problem, and how I managed to turn it into a selling point. And then I watched the video embedded below. And it made me re-evaluate the value that I place on being an ...
I really want to blog about a woman in tech today. I think Ada Lovelace day is awesome, and was charmed when someone wished me a happy Ada Lovelace day this morning. However, I have a dearth of role models. Does passively stalking someone on Twitter count as knowing someone? Even with the odd, brief, interaction? ...
If you know me at all (or have just been reading my blog for a while) you'll know I'm really interested in how to be more productive, more effective, and generally achieving more. And of course I read Zen Habits and all these other blogs that talk about flow. Flow is about being completely absorbed in ...
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