I am already a nerd, but apparently I'm not the right kind of nerd. Who knew?!
To be fair, I do work in the software industry. I came in the door as a technical writer - straight out of college with an undergrad in English - and I've risen much further than I thought I could in this industry with my background in Humanities.
But I've also been frustrated that I don't feel like I fit. I work with nerds, and I like it most of the time, but (truth be told), I am a little envious of this skill set they have. And even more truthier (no, that's not a REAL word...) I'd like to have more options.
I like being an anomaly in my office, but I want to be the right kind of anomaly. Yep. You are right. I want to be a GIRL that can PROGRAM. So, I'm taking unofficial, super quiet baby steps to move in that direction. And, I'm not gonna lie. It's hard.
One of the best ways that I learn is by keeping lists -- of resources, of problems and their solutions, of frustrations, of break-throughs, and of whatever I stumble across that makes sense.
So that is this. A work in progress.
Just like me.
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