About WebJoy: Real Stories from Tech About the Struggles and Delights That Made Us Who We Are Today
The WebJoy podcast is an inclusive community centered on celebrating the diverse origins, skills, and experiences that make up the tech industry.
Talking with guests about their origin stories, what they love about working in their roles, and what they find joy in keeps this an upbeat and rather lighthearted podcast.
We approach the world with optimism and hope, while recognizing the flaws and challenges within our own industry and the world at large. We believe that if we work together, we can all find our happy place.
Jessica Wilkins joins the show to talk about her origin story coming from being a musician to building a passion project to promote diversity in classical music and how she got pulled into the tech industry by warm, friendly communities.
We discuss a fun, approachable way to learn technology as we discuss Exercism, an online platform built to teach the joy of programming to everyone.
(00:00) - Top 8 of Season 1: #7: "A fun, approachable way"
(08:17) - Exercism
(15:24) - FreeCodeCamp
🔗 Discussed Links
Black Excellence Music Project (https://blackexcellencemusicproject.com/index.html)
Exercism Learning Platform (https://exercism.org/)
FreeCodeCamp (https://www.freecodecamp.org/)
🙋 Guest Links
Jessica's Website (https://jessicawilkins.dev/)
Jessica's Twitter (https://twitter.com/codergirl1991)
Jessica's LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-wilkins-developer)
Jessica's GitHub (https://github.com/jdwilkin4)
❤️ Reviews
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🗺️ WebJoy Links
WebJoy Website (https://webjoy.fm/)
WebJoy Twitter (https://twitter.com/WebJoyFM)
WebJoy Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/webjoyfm/)
WebJoy TikTok (https://tiktok.com/@webjoyfm)
WebJoy YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCieX55e_see3vQBGkR--rIw)
To stay up to date, you can subscribe to A Lil' Bit of Joy (https://developing-dev.ck.page/15502083e2) which sends out a monthly email letting you know what's new in the WebJoy community.
Creators & Guests
Eddie (https://webjoy.fm/people/eddie) - Host
Jessica Wilkins (https://webjoy.fm/people/jessica-wilkins) - Guest
21 Mar 2023
Top 8 of Season 1: #8: "I learned how by doing leet code"
Carolina Lunardi Correa joins the show to talk about her origin story, from working as a supply chain professional to starting her first apprenticeship with Amazon!
We discuss how she learned to code using leet code, and how life brings her joy. We also talk about what caused her to make the switch, how she used her current experience to slowly shift into product development from the business side and then finally getting a role as a software engineering apprentice.
(00:00) - Top 8 of Season 1, #8: I learned how by doing leet code (Carolina))
(02:05) - Origin Story
(14:26) - The Simple Things Bring Joy
(18:55) - Accountability Buddies
(22:11) - Wrapping Up
🔗 Discussed Links
Accountability Buddies Twitter Community (https://twitter.com/i/communities/1505730759255945218)
🙋 Guest Links
Carolina's LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-io/)
Carolina's Twitter (https://twitter.com/carolina_elc_io)
❓Listener Survey
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🗺️ WebJoy Links
WebJoy Website (https://webjoy.fm/)
WebJoy Twitter (https://twitter.com/WebJoyFM)
WebJoy Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/webjoyfm/)
WebJoy TikTok (https://tiktok.com/@webjoyfm)
WebJoy YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCieX55e_see3vQBGkR--rIw)
To stay up to date, you can subscribe to A Lil' Bit of Joy (https://developing-dev.ck.page/15502083e2) which sends out a monthly email letting you know what's new in the WebJoy community.
Creators & Guests
Eddie (https://webjoy.fm/people/eddie) - Host
Carolina Correa (https://webjoy.fm/people/carolina-correa) - Guest
27 Jan 2023
S1 E44: I like to say I’m not gonna do something, and then I do it anyway (Kelly / @kvlly)
Kelly Vaughn joins the show to talk about her origin story, from learning html in neopets to doing freelancing, and eventually founding her own agency. More recently, Kelly has shifted to work as an Engineering Manager and now Engineering Director at Spot AI.
We discuss how you have different levels of scope and responsibility depending on the size of the company you're working at and how changing the size of company you work at can be beneficial to your career and mental health. We dive into Kelly's love of reading and all the secrets she hides on her kindle 😉
(00:00) - 1-44: I like to say I’m not gonna do something, and then I do it anyway
(01:55) - Origin Story
(11:29) - Reading (154 books last year!)
(18:03) - Engineering Leadership Newsletter
(19:26) - Wrapping Up
🔗 Discussed Links
Good Reads (https://www.goodreads.com/) (The Site, but not Kelly's)
Engineering Leadership Newsletter (https://www.engineeringleadership.xyz/) (Kelly's newsletter)
🙋 Guest Links
Kelly's Twitter (https://twitter.com/kvlly)
Kelly's LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyvaughn/)
Kelly's Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kelllyvaughn/)
Kelly's Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@kvlly)
❓Listener Survey
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🗺️ WebJoy Links
WebJoy Website (https://webjoy.fm/)
WebJoy Twitter (https://twitter.com/WebJoyFM)
WebJoy Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/webjoyfm/)
WebJoy TikTok (https://tiktok.com/@webjoyfm)
WebJoy YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCieX55e_see3vQBGkR--rIw)
To stay up to date, you can subscribe to A Lil' Bit of Joy (https://developing-dev.ck.page/15502083e2) which sends out a monthly email letting you know what's new in the WebJoy community.
Creators & Guests
Eddie (https://webjoy.fm/people/eddie) - Host
Kelly Vaughn (https://webjoy.fm/people/kelly-vaughn) - Guest
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