On Breaking Rules (and Things) Beautifully

A lightning talk for Rails Girls Vienna 2014 about breaking rules and getting out of your comfort zone.

Transcript

1. on breaking rules (and things) beautifully how i became a software developer
2. Breaking rules what does that mean?
3. being an overchiever you never get out of your comfort zone you always have the feeling you know everything + -
4. Getting out of your comfort zone
5. less than two years ago, I was sitting where you are sitting today wondering what to do with my life
6. Now I’m a software engineer I write code every day (and it’s still difficult)
7. vienna.rb rails girls summer of code pyladies vienna and more..
8. I love breaking things - and i love fixing them
9. “By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well.“ (thank you, robert bringhurst)
10. Give yourself a chance. break rules - and break things. thank you.
11. About me Laura gaetano twitter: @alicetragedy github: @alicetragedy email: girl@alicetragedy.org