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we_coded is a celebration of individuals who are underrepresented and otherwise marginalized in software development on the basis of gender: including women, transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, and two spirit people.

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“Turtle” Software Learner-Engineers Are Software Engineers Nonetheless; and Most Software Engineers Experience “Turtle-hood”

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“Turtle” Software Learner-Engineers Are Software Engineers Nonetheless; and Most Software Engineers Experience “Turtle-hood”

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I Had No Title to Hide Behind, So I Built Work That Could Defend Itself
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I Had No Title to Hide Behind, So I Built Work That Could Defend Itself

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Still Learning, Still Exploring — And That's Enough

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Still Learning, Still Exploring — And That's Enough

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From Truck Driver to WAF Developer — My First 8 Months of Code
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From Truck Driver to WAF Developer — My First 8 Months of Code

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Beyond Guilt: Opening Finance Through a Jumping Cow

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Beyond Guilt: Opening Finance Through a Jumping Cow

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When Tech Got Personal
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When Tech Got Personal

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Forged Between Coal and Code
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Forged Between Coal and Code

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You Can Build While You're Still Becoming!
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You Can Build While You're Still Becoming!

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From Play Store Curiosity to Maven Central — My Story
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From Play Store Curiosity to Maven Central — My Story

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How a Payment Problem Unexpectedly Changed My Career Path in Tech
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How a Payment Problem Unexpectedly Changed My Career Path in Tech

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On the Hunt for my First Software Engineering Job

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On the Hunt for my First Software Engineering Job

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When Debugging Became Belonging: What Nearly 15 Years of Helping Developers Taught Me
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When Debugging Became Belonging: What Nearly 15 Years of Helping Developers Taught Me

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The Unseen Cartographers: A Hybid Report on Underrepresented Voices in Tech
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The Unseen Cartographers: A Hybid Report on Underrepresented Voices in Tech

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Access Granted: Breaking Barriers as the Duchess of Hackers
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Access Granted: Breaking Barriers as the Duchess of Hackers

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From ENIAC to AI: A Woman's Journey Through 80 Years of Code
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From ENIAC to AI: A Woman's Journey Through 80 Years of Code

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