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Zoe Nolan
December 02, 2017
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Mistakes I've made in my career (so far)
Given at Rails Girls London Winter 2017
Zoe Nolan
December 02, 2017
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Mistakes I've made in my career (so far) Zoe Nolan
Rails Girls London Winter 2017 http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Doing work for
exposure
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ http://zidbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Cryonics-on-humans.jpg
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ http://foodforthought.barthel.eu/2016/12/poor-genius/
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Didn't use version
control
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ http://libguides.ucd.ie/data/versioncontrol
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Not getting offers
in writing
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ http://www.mannmetalrecycling.com/the-benefits-of-recycling
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Jerry Maguire TriStar
Pictures
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Worked long hours
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02651/working-late_2651923k.jpg
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ https://www.avclub.com/80s-act-jolt-cola-returns-to-the-nostalgia-circuit-a-k-1818545054
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Not keeping my
CV up to date
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ https://www.theepochtimes.com/3700-year-old-mystery-babylonian-stone-tablet-is-translated_2300306.html
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ The Karate Kid
Columbia Pictures
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Stayed too long
in a job
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ https://immersioninenglish.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/46-british-slang-part-of-the-furniture/
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ http://unisci24.com/335851-study.html
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Not negotiating
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Silicon Valley 20th
Century Fox
Zoe Nolan | @zoe_nolan | http://zoenolan.org/ http://zoenolan.org/blog/2017/12/mistakes/ Silicon Valley 20th
Century Fox