Adora Nwodo: Grit - Pushing Beyond Limits

Adora Nwodo is a multi-award-winning Software Engineer. She currently works at Microsoft where she builds Mixed Reality on the Cloud. She is passionate about the Cloud and Emerging Technologies. She is also the Vice President of the Nigerian chapter for VRAR Association. Her work there involves creating more awareness for Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies. Apart from building and advocating for mixed reality technologies, Adora is a Digital Creator and the Founder of NexaScale, a social enterprise aimed at fostering the growth and development of technology enthusiasts by providing resources and opportunities for project building and work experience - helping them start and scale their careers. She has courses online that teaches people about Infrastructure automation, she has also published multiple articles on Software Engineering, Productivity & Career Growth on her blog, AdoraHack. She also has a YouTube channel for AdoraHack where she posts tech content that could be useful to Software Developers. Currently, Adora is a student of LEAD in the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Adora's books include "Cloud Engineering for Beginners" and “Beginning Azure DevOps, ” a book published by Wiley. Adora spends a lot of her time on Twitter and LinkedIn sharing about her experience as a woman in tech. She is extremely passionate about the developer community and is trying to drive inclusion for women in technology. She co-organizes community events for unStack Africa, contributes to Open Source, and speaks at technology conferences worldwide. 🔗 Connect with Adora ⁠🌐 Website | 🐦 Twitter | 📸 Instagram | LinkedIn⁠ Join us on this fun conversation with Adora, software engineer at Microsoft, founder of NexaScale and author of the newly released book “Beginning Azure Devops”. We talked about her upbringing, and her family's impact on her life. She talked about dealing with the pressures of people looking up to her, how she structures her time to be more effective and some of the lessons she has learnt in her life. Rapid-fire questions 1. What is your favourite book - “Hit refresh” by Satya Nadella 2. Favourite holiday destination - Santorini, Greece 3. Three most influential people in your life - Chimamanda Adichie, Family, primary 5 math teacher - late Uncle Sunday 🧰 Resources mentioned Adora's book: Beginning Azure DevOps: Planning, Building, Testing, and Releasing Software Applications on Azure