There's a special place in my heart for the company that hires the:
- bootcamp grad
- the self-taught coder
- the junior developer
Kudos to you. You are changing lives.
❤️💚💙💜🧡
So
@chris__sev
and I did a thing 💍
We’ve taken a lot of photos but there’s something about this pose that says the most about us.
We’re equals, taking on the world, side by side. ❤️
I want women to feel confident getting into code and having/starting a family.
If you don’t feel support, are scared, or need someone to talk to, please DM me. I’m here for you.
And to the companies/individuals who don’t support that, you are missing out on amazing talent.
I got my first tech job January 2018 and exactly 4 years later, I get to announce something really really cool with you all...
➡️ I have been promoted to SENIOR DevRel at
@sanity_io
⬅️
I have SENIOR in my title!!!!!! 🥳🤗😊 I cannot believe it!
So honored to be with Sanity ❤️
Aloha. I’m Kapehe! (Kap for short)
💻 DevRel
@sanity_io
✈️ Flight attendant for 6 years
🧠 Started coding @ 28
📝 Bootcamp grad
🤝 Community driven
⚔️ Anime lover
🌺 Hawaii born
🌿 Plant whisperer
🐕🐈🐈⬛🐇🐇 Animal mama
🏋️♀️Muscle grower
📑 Fan of portfolios
Nice to know you ❤️
So what you're saying is that by running these two commands:
composer require laravel/breeze --dev
php artisan breeze:install livewire
it just automatically put an ENTIRE authentication flow with Login & Register buttons neatly placed in the upper right hand corner for me??!
When you’re both DevRel and you both have live/recorded events at the same time. You pick up an entire desk and move it from the office to the piano room.
Bonus: find
@chris__sev
😂
Today is bittersweet 😓
This is my final week at
@auth0
. What an amazing 2 years working around some of the smartest, funnest, dopest, funnest people. Cheers to you, Auth0 fam! 🥂
Details on next adventure, coming soooon.
It's live! 😍 And I'm in shock.
@freeCodeCamp
has done so much for my development and to be able to be on their platform is such an honor. Thank you to that entire team.
I hope you all enjoy the course! ☺️
current status:
✈️ sitting in an airport lounge
👶 baby napping in my right arm
🫲 trying to work with my left hand (non-dominant)
this tweet took me forever to write out, btw
Today is my last day at
@auth0
. Today is also my first time leaving a company where I was fully remote
How do I do this? 😰 There's no "desk to pack up" ✏️
You know those boards with wheels that mechanics use to get under cars?
They should make them for devs but call them “Cable Management Rollie-Roller”
I’d buy one 😉
new job means new computer means no stickers!
🏅 what's your favorite sticker on your computer?
is it from a conference, a company, your own design? send pics! 📸
One of my favorite things to hear is how someone got into tech. Coding for 20 years or 20 months, I love every story
✨So I'm going to do a weekly stream✨
Let's talk about our coding journeys: beginning, present, future
Tag someone who has an amazing story! Yourself included!
My baby and I were in a 3-car accident caused by someone else.
My
@Tesla
performed when I couldn't
Immediately:
🚗 emergency lights turned on
🚗 car braked (would've been a 4-car had it not)
🚗 recorded the entire accident
Scariest moment of my life. Thankfully, we are both ok
The
@laravelphp
community is one of my favorites.
Y’all, I’ve never even used Laravel (although my husband is an avid user) and yet some of my closest online friends come from that community. ❤️
I think it’s time I try it out. lol
You better believe I’m back at it 😎
Between breastfeeding, naps where baby doesn’t want to be anywhere but my arms, play time, and general life stuff, it’s amazing I still have the energy to lift heavy things 🫠
41k and 27k views?! 🤯
I'm so humbled at the kind things so many of you have sent me over the past week. And so extremely impressed at the portfolios that are being built and sent my way.
🤗 You are all so impressive! 🎉
Getting baby used to the idea that mama has to go back to work soon 💻
She hasn’t been a fan of the sling but I need both hands! Lol! We are having good progress today. Send good sling vibes.
In my 8th month of pregnancy (33 weeks if you speak “pregnancy”)
Baby has powerful quads like her dad and I feel like her kicks are gonna break a rib one of these days 😂🦵🤾🏻♀️🦴
6 years ago, December 2017, I graduated from my coding bootcamp.
I was still employed at a major airline as a flight attendant but dropped all my trips to learn how to code.
Making this career change has been one of the greatest decisions I have ever made. ❤️
I love where I work.
I love my job.
I’m so proud. ☺️
It’s important to feel heard, feel accepted, feel valued.
Thank you
@sanity_io
for creating such a safe and accepting work environment.
I just finished a
@nextjs
+
@sanity_io
+
@tailwindcss
app for a tutorial. We build a full personal website together.
With all the upgrades to Next.js and Sanity in the past year, this should be the most up-to-date tutorial for the pair.
Now I just need to record it🎙️
I struggle with self-doubt and nervousness
I used to always use the 🙈 emoji. And while it’s just an emoji, a co-worker once saw right through it. I was so nervous to say anything. I was afraid of speaking.
So I am committed to build up my confidence and use 😎 instead.
Things that didn't click for me when I first got into tech:
1. The Terminal
2. What the hell a branch was
3. For Loop in JavaScript
a thread on what they are 👇
I was asked this morning how I got into coding
As I was telling my story, the pains of early learning came flooding back. That time period sucked
So I wanted to give a shoutout to all the people/resources who helped me in my early days. Hopefully some of these can help you:
🧵
Live-action photos of me teaching Bonnie how to use
@sanity_io
to build her website where other 🐰bunnies🐰 can buy her organic, bunny-grown carrots 🥕🥕🥕
⭐️Domain ideas welcome⭐️
When I first got into coding, I thought I needed to learn ALL the things 🤯
"Learn JavaScript. Learn Python. Learn React and Svelte and Angular."
No.
Pick what speaks to you and get good at it. Don't get distracted by all the other pretty coding things ✨ Not yet at least. 😉
making my official portfolio at and I definitely need some inspiration 😕
😍 What is your favorite portfolio?
-- OR --
🤩 Shameless plug: let's see your portfolio!
Took my man on a date tonight. It’s been about 2 months since we had a proper one and we absolutely thrive on these.
Date your partner regularly. No matter what. ❤️ (and at-home dates count too!)