DEV Community

Gift Egwuenu
Gift Egwuenu

Posted on • Edited on

27 11

Nevertheless, Gift Egwuenu Coded ✨

No, I don't sit on my computer every day playing games or whatnot!

Yes, I am an engineer. Women can also be engineers :)

The assumptions from non-tech or technical friends that I am not qualified to be an engineer because of my gender is sickening and I get tired of defending my work or what I do for a living.

What I wish was a norm in tech

A space where anyone can thrive regardless of your gender, race or color. We should all see ourselves as capable and not discriminate based on one's traits. I see a lot of improvements in tech with initiatives for women, people of color and the LGBTQ community but there's still more work to be done and we all can achieve this collectively by making an effort.

I have experience

In building web experiences that are accessible for all users using web technologies like Vue, Reactjs, and CSS. I have a strong passion for teaching what I know and learning from the process as well and I commit a lot of my time in doing that. I write, give talks, host events and make videos on things related to the web, career growth and my life as a frontend engineer.

To all the allies out there I'll leave you with these key actions:

  • Pivot our voices.

  • Be kind.

  • Speak up when you can and stand up for what's not right.

I love my career as an engineer and I won't trade it for anything ❤️❤️❤️

Billboard image

The Next Generation Developer Platform

Coherence is the first Platform-as-a-Service you can control. Unlike "black-box" platforms that are opinionated about the infra you can deploy, Coherence is powered by CNC, the open-source IaC framework, which offers limitless customization.

Learn more

Top comments (6)

Collapse
 
jefferson227 profile image
Jefferson Matheus

These days I wrote and article here where I complain about questioning myself about my skills and learning. After reading your article I realized that I don't have the issue of "technical friends saying that I am not qualified to be an engineer because of my gender" as you mentioned. So in my case, if I was a woman, probably I would already given up of tech due to those bad comments that men do.

As a man, I'm trying to learn from you women, and texts like yours helps a lot.

Thanks!

Collapse
 
amarachijohnson profile image
Amarachi Johnson-Ubah

Amazing piece Gift. Thanks for all you do for the dev community. Your work inspire me I admire you a lot.

A quick edit, we stand up to/against what is not right and for what is right. For the sake of persons who swallow words line by line🤗

Collapse
 
lauragift21 profile image
Gift Egwuenu

Thanks Amara :) will update

Collapse
 
missamarakay profile image
Amara Graham

“Pivot our voices” 👏 I love it!

Collapse
 
seangwright profile image
Sean G. Wright

Thanks for doing what you do and making this community better with your voice and contributions!

Collapse
 
lauragift21 profile image
Gift Egwuenu

Thank you :)

A Workflow Copilot. Tailored to You.

Pieces.app image

Our desktop app, with its intelligent copilot, streamlines coding by generating snippets, extracting code from screenshots, and accelerating problem-solving.

Read the docs

👋 Kindness is contagious

Explore a sea of insights with this enlightening post, highly esteemed within the nurturing DEV Community. Coders of all stripes are invited to participate and contribute to our shared knowledge.

Expressing gratitude with a simple "thank you" can make a big impact. Leave your thanks in the comments!

On DEV, exchanging ideas smooths our way and strengthens our community bonds. Found this useful? A quick note of thanks to the author can mean a lot.

Okay