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Who are your career heroes & why? (Signal Boost!)

Alex Antra on May 25, 2019

You can't be successful alone, heck we are all here on Dev.to because we know that a strong community lifts all up. So I want to know, who are your...

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Helen Anderson • May 25 '19

Great #discuss topic, I really enjoyed reading who inspires you and where your Slack status comes from.

I'm inspired by Women in the Tech and Data world:

Susan Kare

Susan designed icons for Apple and built the UI into what it is today. I love how she brings a creative eye to tech and she has a great Twitter account.

"Good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start.”

Ash Huang

Incredible designer, writer and famously 'leaned out' of Silicon Valley to pursue her writing and spend more time with her family.

"Traditionally reserved for teachers, nurses, soldiers and other holders of high-stress jobs, burnout has snuck its way into our privileged hacker dens. Despite free food and beer, most open office environments are akin to bougie sweatshops"

Lilian Grace

CEO of Figure.nz that democratises NZ data by putting into a digestible format for everyone to use.

"Success to us is when we have a culture of people who use numbers in their thinking."

App Developer, advocate for minorities in tech, creator of tutorials for beginners and one of the most active members on Stack Overflow. She has risen above a lot of hate on Twitter from those who don't take her seriously.

"As the tech industry becomes more and more central to the world economy, I think representation will become more and more crucial."

Alex Antra • May 25 '19

I followed them all! ❤️

Helen Anderson • May 25 '19

That's awesome! I love hearing who people follow and why, looking forward to seeing more of them here in your post :)

Ben Halpern • May 26 '19

One of my first ever tech talks I attended was seeing @sandimetz early in my career. Not only did the talk specifically help me work through the issues I was facing at the time, I got a role model in terms of practical software development.

I’m not sure I’d be where I am without her work. And I probably wouldn’t have followed it as closely if it didn’t start with an in-person event like that.