MJS 073: Tara Z. Manicsic

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Tara Z. Manicsic This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Tara Z. Manicsic. Tara is a developer advocate for Progress, is on their Kendo UI team, and is also a Google developer expert on the Web Technologies team. She first got into programming in the second grade when she learned Logo and came back to development when she was asked to do Crystal Reports at Harvard Law School. They talk about how she found Women Who Code, the importance of understanding open source software, having a support system, what is was about Node that got her excited, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Tara introVery excited and fascinated with the webHelped to start up React Round Up as a panelistHer experience as a developerStarted out as a business school dropoutHow did you first get into programming?Learned Logo in the second gradeLoved the ability to help people and create changeCrystal Reports at Harvard LawCS courses with tuition assistanceGetting back into CSBeing a non-traditional studentFinding Women Who CodeFirst job as a Node software engineerHow did Women Who Code help you?OpenHatch Being familiar with open source softwareThe importance of having supportHow did you first get into JavaScript?Seeing jobs for Ruby on RailsMatt Hernandez on JavaScript Jabber NG confHer intro to the Angular community in personAnd much, much more! Links: ProgressReact Round UpCrystal ReportsWomen Who CodeNodeOpenHatchJavaScriptRuby on RailsMatt Hernandez on JavaScript Jabber NG [email protected]’s GitHub Sponsors: Loot CrateFreshBooks Picks Charles Get a Coder Job CourseGolf Clash Tara Connect.TechDevFest AtlantaCedar Point