MJS 069: Lizzie Siegle

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Lizzie Siegle This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Lizzie Siegle. Lizzie is a senior computer science major at Bryn Mawr College, works for Twilio as a contracting developer evangelist, and also contributes to their documentation. She first got into programming when her AP calculus teacher told some of her classmates to attend a one day all girls coding camp at Stanford and she overheard and was interested by it. She was inspired at this camp to pursue a career in coding because she loved that you can build anything with code and be creative. They talk about what got her hooked on coding, why she chose JavaScript, why she chose to work as a developer evangelist, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Lizzie introComputer Science MajorWorks at TwilioGreg Baugues was her assigned mentor this past summerHow did you first get into programming?Grew up in Silicon ValleyHated STEM growing upWas inspired at a one day all girls coding camp at StanfordLoves being able to be creative with codeWhat was the coding camp like?Camp was for high-schoolersHTML and CSSWhat was it that got you interested in code?Seeing the application of code in the real worldWhy JavaScript?Works also in Python, Swift, and HaskellLoves how versatile JS isWhy developer evangelism?Internship at PubNubLoves being able to teach others as an evangelistWhat have you done in JavaScript that you’re proud of?Eon.jsWhat are you working on currently?Get comfortable with being uncomfortableAnd much, much more! Links: TwilioJavaScriptPythonSwiftPubNubHaskellEon.js@lizziepikaHer newsletterLizzie’s WebsiteLizzie’s GitHub Sponsors: Loot CrateFreshBooks Picks Lizzie The importance of a mentor or a sponsor