RR 327: Hack Your Workday to Maximize Learning with Allison McMillan

Tweet this EpisodeAllison is a developer in the Washington DC area. She is a non-profit executive turned developer. She helps organize the RubyConf and RailsConf Scholar Program. She organizes a local meetup call Silver Spring Ruby. She works at Collective Idea.The Rogues talk to Allison about being a mom in coding and work-life balance.  They also talk about transitioning from non-profits to coding. This episode goes into depth on:

• Prioritizing your family and still having a great career
• Goal setting, focus, and growth
• Team collaboration
• Contributing to open source
• and much, much more...

Links:

• Delayed Job
• Allison's Blog
• Baby Driven Development talk
• Rails Girls
• Ruby Dev Summit
• RSpec
• Minitest
• RailsCasts
• Interactor Gem
• Leah Silber from Tilde tweet
• Tilde article on Baby at Work
• Mother Coders
• RailsBridge
• Allison on Twitter

Picks:Eric:

• Gallup Strengths Test
• Metabase

Allison:

• Sticky Note Game by TableXI
• WriteSpeakCode
• Ruby Jewel
• Crystal DISC Assessment

Dave

• Rails Guides

Special Guest: Allison McMillan.

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ruby-rogues--6102073/support.