A presentation at AntarctiConf in in Antarctica by Debbie O'Brien
From zero to hero Bursting through barriers with many years of anguish @debs_obrien
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Web design in 96 @debs_obrien
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Moved to Mallorca @debs_obrien
In the winter @debs_obrien
Back to studying PHP HTML CSS Photoshop @debs_obrien
Knocking on doors @debs_obrien
iPhone @debs_obrien
Tables everywhere
CMS in php @debs_obrien
Wordpress
Wordpress for everything
First frontend role
No money
English teacher cert of tefl
No money
English teacher
No money
English teacher
Job interviews React, Vue, Angular, webpack, Jest, Cypress…… @debs_obrien
JavaScript @debs_obrien
The new frontend
English teacher
Constantly climbing @debs_obrien
Failure lack of success @debs_obrien
Guardian angel
What is your dream?
My dream is
trivago
Time to apply
Build a booking engine in react
Online Tech Degree
goodbye teacher - hello student @debs_obrien
7 days a week 12 hours a day
6 week booking engine
Another challenge
And Another Challenge
Not Wordpress again
Results are in
My testimonial
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My testimonial
My worst interview ever @debs_obrien
Peer reviews at Treehouse @debs_obrien
First Real Job @debs_obrien
bluekiri
Treehouse
Vue School
I want to be a speaker
Go out there and tell Stories
My first time as a Speaker
Imposter syndrome is back
The voice never goes away
Dreams do come true Write down your dreams will I work for google?
Everything is possible @debs_obrien
You are awesome You can do whatever you put your mind to you just have to work hard for it nobody said it would be easy @debs_obrien
Thank you Debbie O’Brien Frontend Tech Lead Consultant and Teacher Open Source Contributor @debs_obrien
Are you afraid to take the next step? Do you think you’re not good enough? Or wonder why you were hired in the first place? This is what we call Impostor Syndrome. Did you know some of the most famous, brilliant and amazing people suffer from it? In this talk I will share my experience and thoughts and hopefully help you take that step to become the developer you really want to become.
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