This week we were joined by Julie Ann Horvath, designer and developer for &yet. Julie has recently been the subject of tech news headlines because of her public resignation from her previous employer (Github) due to sexism and harassment. It’s a heavy and traumatic topic, but we’re thankful to Julie for sharing her experience so we can grow as a community and prevent these types of unfortunate events in the future.

We talked about (roughly in order):

5:15 Story behind Julie’s GitHub exit (Full Story: TechCrunch)

News’n’Links’n’Drama:

28:37 Brendan Eich resigns as Mozilla Corporation CEO

Note: Within minutes of wrapping this episode, Brendan Eich stepped down as CEO.

Q & A:

38:09 Do you have any advice on where to look for jobs where an experienced front-end developer could learn from their co-workers and be challenged?

46:52 Since there are a lot of web development languages to learn and many developers know the usual HTML, CSS and Javascript. Which language would you say is a niche market to learn for hire?

50:48 I feel like I may have too much on my plate for the year: should I ask my team for more help?

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43:08 E4H: Artifact Conf May 5-7 in Austin, Texas: a two day, one-track conference with some of the greatest speakers on the web, including Dave Rupert, Jeremy Keith, Trent Walton, Brad Frost, Josh Clark, and more. Use discount code SHOPTALKSHOW for $100 off your ticket (group discounts available).

Show Links:

Julie’s Website

Julie on Twitter

andyet.com

Human Javascipt Book

Passion Projects

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