Ruby Rogues

RR 327: Hack Your Workday to Maximize Learning with Allison McMillan


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Tweet this EpisodeAllison is a developer in the Washington DC area. She is a non-profit executive turned developer. She helps organize the RubyConf and RailsConf Scholar Program. She organizes a local meetup call Silver Spring Ruby. She works at Collective Idea.The Rogues talk to Allison about being a mom in coding and work-life balance.  They also talk about transitioning from non-profits to coding. This episode goes into depth on:
  • Prioritizing your family and still having a great career
  • Goal setting, focus, and growth
  • Team collaboration
  • Contributing to open source
  • and much, much more...
Links:
  • Delayed Job
  • Allison's Blog
  • Baby Driven Development talk
  • Rails Girls
  • Ruby Dev Summit
  • RSpec
  • Minitest
  • RailsCasts
  • Interactor Gem
  • Leah Silber from Tilde tweet
  • Tilde article on Baby at Work
  • Mother Coders
  • RailsBridge
  • Allison on Twitter
Picks:Eric:
  • Gallup Strengths Test
  • Metabase
Allison:
  • Sticky Note Game by TableXI
  • WriteSpeakCode
  • Ruby Jewel
  • Crystal DISC Assessment
Dave
  • Rails Guides
Special Guest: Allison McMillan.

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