Tori Crawford

A software engineer who loves learning and sharing knowledge.

Boise, ID Joined on Sep 20, 2018

Education

M.S.

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Work

Full Stack Software Engineer - Looking for Next Role

Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Typescript, React, SQL, PostgreSQL, C#, MicrosoftSQL Server, Terraform, Datadog

How to survive a layoff.

Any and all advice for people new to software engineering, thinking about switching careers, and/or interested in going to a coding bootcamp.

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Tori Crawford

Nov 15 '19

Tips for New DEV Members

#codenewbie #writing #beginners

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7 min read

Tori Crawford

Oct 14 '19

Hacktoberfest: Getting Over the Fear of Open Source

#hacktoberfest #opensource #webdev

203

5 min read

Victoria Crawford

May 23 '19

Looking for Your First Dev Role: Advice for Young Devs by a Young Dev

#codenewbie #firstyearincode #career #beginners

299

7 min read

Tori Crawford

May 9 '23

Productivity in Working Parents

#productivity #motivation #career

4 min read

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Tori Crawford

Jan 17 '23

Layoffs: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

#career #motivation #writing #layoffs

2 min read

Tori Crawford

Jul 6 '22

How Do You Decide It Is Time to Move On?

#career

2 min read

Tori Crawford

Mar 9 '21

Despite Loss, Tori Coded

#wecoded

2 min read

Tori Crawford

Jul 16 '20

444 Days Later, Tori Hit the Jackpot

#career #jobsearch #codenewbie

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Tori Crawford

Jun 11 '20

Data Structures From Scratch: Array

#ruby #codenewbie #computerscience #tutorial

9 min read

Tori Crawford

Apr 24 '20

I Love Technical Screens and Here's Why

#career #jobsearch #codenewbie

3 min read

Tori Crawford

Apr 13 '20

The Heartbreaks of Interviewing During COVID19

#codenewbie #career #jobsearch

5 min read

Tori Crawford

Mar 30 '20

What Non-Technical Interview Questions Have You Been Asked?

#discuss #career #codenewbie #jobsearch

2 min read

Tori Crawford

Mar 23 '20

Looking for Your First Dev Role: Advice for Young Devs by a Young Dev Part 2

#codenewbie #career #firstyearincode #beginners

8 min read

Tori Crawford

Mar 6 '20

Nevertheless, Tori Kept Interviewing

#wecoded

2 min read

Tori Crawford

Jan 6 '20

Get to Know the Command Line: Basic Git Commands

#git #beginners #codenewbie #firstyearincode

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Tori Crawford

Dec 11 '19

5 Tips for Those Trying to Choose a Bootcamp

#firstyearincode #codenewbie #career #webdev

6 min read

Tori Crawford

Nov 22 '19

I'm Celebrating 10k Followers Here on DEV! AMA!

#ama

1 min read

Tori Crawford

Nov 13 '19

Get to Know the Command Line: Basic Commands

#beginners #codenewbie #webdev

108

5 min read

Tori Crawford

Nov 7 '19

What Are the Most Important CS Principles to Learn as a New Dev from a Non-Traditional Background?

#discuss #computerscience #codenewbie #webdev

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Tori Crawford

Oct 30 '19

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Every Dev Should Know

#beginners #codenewbie #webdev

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Tori Crawford

Oct 8 '19

Exploring Self

#ruby #codenewbie #webdev #beginners

5 min read

Tori Crawford

Oct 3 '19

Why Do We Use this.setState()?

#react #javascript #webdev

3 min read

Tori Crawford

Sep 12 '19

Building Tests in Ruby: Expectations and Matchers

#testing #rails #ruby #webdev

2 min read

Victoria Crawford

Sep 9 '19

Sorry for the Hiccup

#personalnews

1 min read

Victoria Crawford

Aug 21 '19

5 Tips for Those Considering Switching Professions

#career #codenewbie #mentalhealth

3 min read

Tori Crawford

Aug 9 '19

Building Tests in Ruby: RSpec Helper Methods and Hooks

#ruby #codenewbie #testing #webdev

5 min read

Tori Crawford

Aug 7 '19

First Offer Received

#career #codenewbie #womenintech #beginners

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Tori Crawford

Jul 29 '19

Building Tests in Ruby: The Basics

#ruby #testing #beginners #webdev

5 min read

Tori Crawford

Jul 22 '19

Breaking Down ES6: Default Parameters

#javascript #beginners #codenewbie #webdev

3 min read

Tori Crawford

Jul 12 '19

Breaking Down ES6: Promises

#beginners #javascript #codenewbie #webdev

5 min read

Victoria Crawford

Jul 5 '19

The Job Search: An Emotional Roller Coaster

#codenewbie #career #womenintech #beginners

4 min read

Tori Crawford

Jul 2 '19

Breaking Down ES6: Arrow Functions

#javascript #beginners #codenewbie #webdev

4 min read

Tori Crawford

Jun 25 '19

Breaking Down ES6: Spread Operator

#javascript #beginners #codenewbie #webdev

3 min read

Tori Crawford

Jun 17 '19

Breaking Down ES6: let and const

#javascript #beginners #codenewbie #webdev

5 min read

Tori Crawford

Jun 10 '19

How Did You Find Your First Dev Job?

#discuss #beginners #career #womenintech

1 min read

Tori Crawford

Jun 3 '19

.map() vs .forEach()

#javascript #codenewbie #womenintech #beginners

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Victoria Crawford

May 21 '19

What is Grape?

#ruby #codenewbie #womenintech

3 min read

Victoria Crawford

May 14 '19

Sequel: An Alternative to ActiveRecord

#ruby #tutorial #codenewbie #womenintech

5 min read

Tori Crawford

May 7 '19

componentWillMount() vs componentDidMount()

#react #webdev #javascript #codenewbie

3 min read

Victoria Crawford

Apr 30 '19

Deploying a Ruby on Rails Project With Heroku

#heroku #rails #codenewbie #womenintech

5 min read

Victoria Crawford

Apr 23 '19

Making the Change From SQLite3 to PostgreSQL - Ruby on Rails

#database #rails #tutorial #womenintech

3 min read

Victoria Crawford

Apr 12 '19

Job Huntin' Ain't Easy, Being Positive Is

#womenintech #optimism

3 min read

Victoria Crawford

Apr 4 '19

Scope in Javascript

#javascript #codenewbie #womenintech #beginners

3 min read

Victoria Crawford

Mar 30 '19

Protecting Your API Keys - Rails

#rails #security #codenewbie #tutorial

2 min read

Tori Crawford

Mar 7 '19

Nevertheless, Tori Coded

#wecoded #jobhunt #bootcamp

2 min read

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