Hey, that's my first email to the group👋 I sent the same msg below to `
info(a)sudoroom.org` and got some answers from Jake and Andrew, who told me
to post here. So here it goes:
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Hey, this is Juliana, a bit about myself, I'm originally from Brazil, have
been living in Oakland for 10 yrs, and in the last 3 ones I got more
involved in the tech world. In 2019 I joined a software eng bootcamp and
since 2020 I've been working as a software engineer. I never imagined I was
going to work in tech one day, much less be a software engineer. Having a
non-tech background and being a person from several underrepresented groups
in tech make it hard to imagine that's even a possibility.
Anyways, it's because of that that I've been trying to volunteer more and
more to help the community to conquer what I got, and that's where Sudo
Rooms gets in. I've heard about Sudo Room maybe 3 years ago but never had
the opportunity to be part of an event (cause pandemic..). I would love to
help organize some kind of event with women/nb only and have a "coding
night", where we can help each other in coding projects or even help ppl to
learn how to code. I see you folks have a JS night, so it would prob be
something similar.
I emphasize the women/nb only because this is a real barrier in tech, I
studied in a women/nb only bootcamp and that totally made a difference.
Even when men are allies and empathize with beginners, It's all about
seeing that other non-men can do that and feel empowered by that.
About my skills, I'm still Level I but have been working with Ruby on
Rails, Python, SQL, React, Typescript. I'm full stack although I prefer
backend :) So far I've volunteered/attended events from Techtonica, Women
who Code, Wnb.rb, Ruby for Good, Lesbians who Tech, PyLadies, etc.
My linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianaalmeida78/
My twitter @JFArebelyell
Let me know if this is something Sudo Room would be interested in hosting!
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julianaferreira(a)gmail.com