Finding fulfillment through humor in tech with Cassidy Williams

Shownotes:To allow you to find interesting places here are the beginnings of some conversations:We start with how she found herself working remote for CodePen. (1:35)How it is for Cassidy to working remotely for CodePen (3:15)What is Cassidy's responsibility at CodePen (6:11)She is responsible for changing their web application from Ruby Rails and Redux to Apollo and GraphQLCassidy talks about how she interviewed with CodePen (9:40)How the team learns a new technology together as a team (13:20)CodePen's inclusive environment and women in tech (15:45)Why does Cassidy spend time on making jokes and funny videos (19:50)How does Cassidy approach problems? (24:15)How do they communicate in a remote team? (27:00)Do they use Code Reviews at CodePen? (29:35)Cassidy explains that they also invest now more into testing (31:30)How are decisions done at CodePen? Who decides which features are delivered? (32:15)Cassidy talks about how they covert CodPen to a more consolidated state using React and Appollo (38:15)We talk about if you should re-write your code from scratch? (44:15)CodePen is rewritten piece by piece, reminding Michaela about how Slack UI was modernized.Now we talk about Cassidy's side projects and how she integrates that into her life (45:50)Why she isn't a developer evangelist anymore (46:30)What is up with Cassidy and her keyboards? (48:45)Cassidy's advice for others on side projects: figure out why you do that (51)A song that stuck with her and has some solid career advise (52:30)Lyrics:The day is short.The night is long.Why do we work so hard, to get what we don't even want?(From the song: The Day Is Short - Jearlyn Steele)Career advice: You should know what you like and what you dislike (55:00)Rebecca Gracia: When you build your personal career or your personal brand, it's just as important to know what you like as it is what you dislike.Links:Cassidy's talk about converting CodPen Side.Cassidy's websiteSlack engineering blog article on modernizing the UI at Slack