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BekahHW

Hey! I'm Bekah. I'm a career-changer. Bootcamp grad. Dev. Writer. Mom to four kids. Creator and Maintainer: VirtualCoffee.io | Podcast co-host: VirtualCoffee.io/podcast | Twitch Stream: BekahHW

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Freelance Software Engineer

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How to Upgrade Your freeCodeCamp Project
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How to Upgrade Your freeCodeCamp Project

#javascript #beginners #freecodecamp #codenewbie
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Job Announcement: A Dev's Journey into DevRel
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Job Announcement: A Dev's Journey into DevRel

#career #codenewbie #devrel
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Lessons I've Learned from 100 Virtual Coffees
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Lessons I've Learned from 100 Virtual Coffees

#codenewbie #community
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I Came into Tech via Trauma
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I Came into Tech via Trauma

#codenewbie #community #growth
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The Tech Industry is Failing Junior Devs
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The Tech Industry is Failing Junior Devs

#codenewbie #career
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Reading List: The Early Career Edition
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Reading List: The Early Career Edition

#codenewbie #beginners #booklist
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Congrats to the Deepgram Hackathon Winners!

I'm happy to provide feedback. Let me know what you're lookin...

Turn Your Blog Post Into A Virtual Talk

This is awesome, Ayu!!! And you're always welcome <3

Community Discussion Thread — Deepgram Hackathon on DEV

Tomorrow!!!

What would you improve at your job?

Organization of tools. We've got a lot of things in a lot of ...

"Most Useless Demo Ever" Deepgram Hackathon Submission

Hahah. It's definitely not the most useless. There's a lot of...

Add AI Robot 🤖 To Your Portfolio or Company Website

I love the name <3

[Deepgram x DEV Hackathon Innovative idea]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

ReadtyMap - Speak to Google Maps to find your location.

Thanks for trying things out, Adrian!

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A DEEPGRAM HACKATHON RECAP: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SUBMISSION?
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A DEEPGRAM HACKATHON RECAP: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SUBMISSION?

#codenewbie #beginners #hackathon
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What is DevRel anyway: A Deepgram Approach to Developer Relations
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What is DevRel anyway: A Deepgram Approach to Developer Relations

#codenewbie #beginners #career
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Technical Writing: Optimize Your Content Creation
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Technical Writing: Optimize Your Content Creation

#beginners #codenewbie #career #writing
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Technical Writing: Accessible Writing for Developers
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Technical Writing: Accessible Writing for Developers

#career #beginners #a11y #codenewbie
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Technical Writing: Ethics and Honesty for Developers
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Technical Writing: Ethics and Honesty for Developers

#career #writing #codenewbie #beginners
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Let's get Hacking
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Let's get Hacking

#codenewbie #hackwithdg #beginners #webdev
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Virtual Coffee: An Update Going into Year 3
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Virtual Coffee: An Update Going into Year 3

#codenewbie #beginners #community
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Technical Writing: A Developer's Guide to Storytelling
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Technical Writing: A Developer's Guide to Storytelling

#career #writing #codenewbie #beginners
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Nevertheless, Bekah Coded in 2022
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Nevertheless, Bekah Coded in 2022

#shecoded
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Technical Writing: A Beginner's Guide
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Technical Writing: A Beginner's Guide

#career #writing #codenewbie #beginners
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So You Want to Get Started in Community?
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So You Want to Get Started in Community?

#community #devrel #beginners
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Gauging Community Health
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Gauging Community Health

#beginners #community #webdev
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2021 Recap
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2021 Recap

#beginners #developer
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TensorFlow.js 101: Working with Models and TFHub
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TensorFlow.js 101: Working with Models and TFHub

#tfjs #machinelearning #beginners #frontend
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Moms, you're carrying a lot of plates
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Moms, you're carrying a lot of plates

#career #moms
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What the heck does it mean to make an image a tensor?
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What the heck does it mean to make an image a tensor?

#machinelearning #tfjs #frontend
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Dear Senior Devs, Use your privilege
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Dear Senior Devs, Use your privilege

#career #devops #leadership
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Hello, Tensor!
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Hello, Tensor!

#tfjs #machinelearning #beginners
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A Note to Devs Looking for Their First Job
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A Note to Devs Looking for Their First Job

#codenewbie #beginners #jobhunt
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5 Questions to Ask When You're Interviewing for a Remote Job
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5 Questions to Ask When You're Interviewing for a Remote Job

#interview #remotework
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TensorFlow.js 101
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TensorFlow.js 101

#tfjs #machinelearning #codenewbie
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Hot Take: Saying 'In the Spirit of Hacktoberfest' is Gatekeepy
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Hot Take: Saying 'In the Spirit of Hacktoberfest' is Gatekeepy

#hacktoberfest #opensource #community
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You're Toxic: Using the Toxicity Model with TensorFlow.js
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You're Toxic: Using the Toxicity Model with TensorFlow.js

#tfjs #machinelearning #tensorflow #beginners
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Preptember: Projects and Discussions
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Preptember: Projects and Discussions

#codenewbie #opensource #hacktoberfest #maintainer
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Preptember: Maintainer Powerups
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Preptember: Maintainer Powerups

#hacktoberfest #opensource #github
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Preptember: Getting ready for Hacktoberfest
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Preptember: Getting ready for Hacktoberfest

#codenewbie #community #hacktoberfest #opensource
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Interview Series: Birthdays, job responses, and feedback
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Interview Series: Birthdays, job responses, and feedback

#interview #devrel
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Two Companies, Two DevRel Positions, Two Different Interview Processes
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Two Companies, Two DevRel Positions, Two Different Interview Processes

#interview #devrel
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How I accidentally interviewed for two jobs, a series
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How I accidentally interviewed for two jobs, a series

#interviewing #devrel
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Notes from Twitter Spaces on Community and Remote Work
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Notes from Twitter Spaces on Community and Remote Work

#codenewie #remotework
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Code + Community: the highlight reel
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Code + Community: the highlight reel

#codenewbie #community
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I did something that scared me: I took a week off
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I did something that scared me: I took a week off

#career #productivity #community
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Coding is Pattern-Matching: a growth-mindset perspective
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Coding is Pattern-Matching: a growth-mindset perspective

#codenewbie #beginners #webdev
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One Year of Community: The Three Ls of an Accidental Community Creator
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One Year of Community: The Three Ls of an Accidental Community Creator

#codenewbie #community
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Getting Out of My Comfort Zone
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Getting Out of My Comfort Zone

#codenewbie #webdev #beginners #career
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Nevertheless, BekahHW Coded and had a lot of feelings
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Nevertheless, BekahHW Coded and had a lot of feelings

#shecoded
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Complicated Anniversaries: It's Ok to Not Be Ok
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Complicated Anniversaries: It's Ok to Not Be Ok

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Five Hot Takes for the New Year
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Five Hot Takes for the New Year

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Let Them Write Tests: Writing Your First Cypress Test
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Let Them Write Tests: Writing Your First Cypress Test

#beginners #testing #codenewbie #frontend
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2020: A Year in Review
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2020: A Year in Review

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We need to talk: More on the problems juniors are facing
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We need to talk: More on the problems juniors are facing

#codenewbie #beginners #career
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I am a Woman in Tech
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I am a Woman in Tech

#womenintech #codenewbie #career
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Let Them Write Tests: An Argument for Cypress
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Let Them Write Tests: An Argument for Cypress

#codenewbie #testing #beginners
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I'll say it again: Kindness Matters
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I'll say it again: Kindness Matters

#codenewbie #motivation #beginners #seniordev
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Hacktoberfest 2020: The Best One Yet
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Hacktoberfest 2020: The Best One Yet

#hacktoberfest #opensource
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New Devs: Make Pairing a Priority
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New Devs: Make Pairing a Priority

#codenewbie
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Building Community is just as Important as Building Products
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Building Community is just as Important as Building Products

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ADHD, the Quarantine, and Me
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ADHD, the Quarantine, and Me

#productivity #motivation #womenintech
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Twelve Lessons for Twelve Months as a Dev
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Twelve Lessons for Twelve Months as a Dev

#codenewbie
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A Job is just a Job, Except When It's Not
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A Job is just a Job, Except When It's Not

#codenewbie #beginners
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Learning Paralysis: How to pick what to learn next
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Learning Paralysis: How to pick what to learn next

#beginners #codenewbie #learning
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What is Virtual Coffee?
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What is Virtual Coffee?

#beginners #community
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Leveling Up: how to tell if you're getting better when you're on the coding treadmill
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Leveling Up: how to tell if you're getting better when you're on the coding treadmill

#beginners #codenewbie #productivity
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Yo Parents, How you doing?
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Yo Parents, How you doing?

#community #beginners
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Another One About Interviews: Breaking Bekah
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Another One About Interviews: Breaking Bekah

#community #jobsearch
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We Should Be Building Community Now More Than Ever
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We Should Be Building Community Now More Than Ever

#discuss #community
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Job Searching in the Time of Covid-19
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Job Searching in the Time of Covid-19

#jobsearch #beginners
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Bootcamp Isn't All Happy Face Emojis
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Bootcamp Isn't All Happy Face Emojis

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Ask Me How I Do it All: A Story of #MomGuilt
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Ask Me How I Do it All: A Story of #MomGuilt

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