See on Scoop.it – QA Testing Only 11 percent of all engineers in the U.S. are women, according to Department of Labor. The situation is a bit better among computer programmers, but not much. Women account for only 26 percent of all American coders. Jessica Nickel‘s insight: Gender and technology … Continue reading
I am now working as an organizer for NYC PyLadies, a Python coding group dedicated to women who code in Python. I have also taken on a position as a co-organizer for another women’s start-up group in NYC. As I shared with my fiancee some ideas for the topic of … Continue reading
See on Scoop.it – QA Testing We are uncovering better ways of developing softwareby doing it and helping others do it. These are ourvalues and principles. Jessica Nickel‘s insight: So simple – it is easy to get lost in the flurry of articles about Agile development, how to DO agile, … Continue reading
See on Scoop.it – Social Techno Media Since the industrial age, businesses have learnt to acquire tools that bring mechanical advantage and help achieve more with less effort. Now, the digital age Jessica Nickel‘s insight: A great, informative article from an equally informative website, this article lays out in detail … Continue reading
See on Scoop.it – Social Techno Media 10 Essential Self-Marketing Skills For Freelancers Jessica Nickel‘s insight: These skills seem really obvious at first, but are important to know for precisely that reason. It is so easy to overlook the obvious in favor of pursuing trends, but this article cuts through … Continue reading
See on Scoop.it – Social Techno Media With CycleLove approaching its first birthday (and no doubt some teething pains and temper tantrums imminent), it seemed like a sensible time to recap on lessons learned over the course of this year. Jessica Nickel‘s insight: I think it is always interesting to … Continue reading
I am starting (or have been developing for about three months) a new project aimed at students in under-served schools called Teach Computer Programming. The concept and philosophy are pretty simple: kids use technology daily, but really don’t know how to do anything with it. After reading about the raspberry … Continue reading
What? Yeah, a website review. I have been using the wordpress “Press This” tool to share interesting pages for the past few weeks, commenting here and there, but all of the website Edudemic.com deserves a shout. What I am reading here are the things I was thinking would be possible … Continue reading
See on Scoop.it – QA Testing Agile project management methodology is becoming commonplace in modern IT projects. See on www.helium.com
Wow – it is Friday, 8pm, and I am still at work, solving some problems! Being a QA analyst has its challenges, and it seems that even as I learn more, I learn about what I do not know. Such is life and the joy of working in/with technology. I … Continue reading