Being Miss Geeky
MELINDA SECKINGTON
@MSECKINGTON
Coding
Blogging
Speaking
Event Organising
To pioneer the best learning experiences for everyone, everywhere
I get to build awesome stuff that people actually use
Ruby Developer
FutureLearn Blog
FutureLearn Talks
FutureLearn Hackdays
How did I get here?
Visual effects for movies
2002
2002
2002
Computer Science
2002
Imposter Syndrome
2002
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.
Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning
2002
Facial Expression Recognition
2007
2007
Moved to London
2011
Finally graduated
What happened in between?
Miss Geeky
2007
People are interested in what I write.
Miss Geeky is my brand, my reputation.
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.
It’s okay to like girly stuff.
Events
2007
BarCamps HackDays
GeekDinners
Event Organising
2008
Geeks of London
BarCamp London 7 HackCamp London BarCamp London 8
LinkedGov Data HackCamp Encampment
BarCamp London 9 BarCamp Berkshire
env[:hack] BarCamp Berkshire 2
Hacked at the O2 BarCamp London 10
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.
People are interested in what I say.
HackDays
2007
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.
2011
Finally graduated
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.
EmberAds
2012
FutureLearn
2013
2013
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.
You don’t need to be
the best at something
to solve a problem.
Good developers
know when to
ask for help.
Being a good
developer means
constantly learning.
We’re all mad here.imposters
Any questions?
