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My career in tech

My career in tech

Melinda Seckington

March 03, 2020
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  1. Melinda Seckington
    My career in Tech

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  2. 2002
    Computer Science

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  3. Imposter syndrome

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  4. EDUCATIONAL
    SOFTWARE
    ARTIFICIAL
    INTELLIGENCE
    HUMAN COMPUTER
    INTERACTION

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  5. 2004-2005
    Ed-me

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  6. 2006
    FACIAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION

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  7. 2007
    Moved to London

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  8. 2007
    started going to
    hackdays
    started going to
    barcamps
    started my blog
    miss geeky
    started going to
    MEETUPS

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  9. 2007 - 2011
    started winning
    hackdays
    started organising
    barcamps
    being invited to
    Press events
    started organising
    A MEETUP

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  10. 2007 - 2011
    started winning
    hackdays
    started organising
    barcamps
    being invited to
    Press events
    started organising
    A MEETUP

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  11. 2007 - 2011
    started winning
    hackdays
    started organising
    barcamps
    being invited to
    Press events
    started organising
    A MEETUP

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  12. 2007 - 2011
    started winning
    hackdays
    started organising
    barcamps
    writing for
    movie blogs
    started organising
    A MEETUP

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  13. Early 2011
    Focus!

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  14. Late 2011
    Finally graduated!

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  15. Late 2011
    Finally graduated!

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  16. 2012
    EmberAds

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  17. 2013
    FutureLearn

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  19. Imposter syndrome?

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  20. 2014
    Evangelism Lead

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  22. 2014
    First Conference Talk

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  23. 2015
    Became a Line Manager

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  24. Software
    Engineer
    Line
    Manager
    Evangelism
    Lead

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  25. 2017
    Became an Engineering Manager

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  26. Creating the internal
    developer experience

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