# so about those 2 weeks

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I love a good callback. 👹\
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Okay, here we go. 🥹\
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First and foremost, I want to thank my family for supporting me with all my crazy ideas. My husband for telling me to go for it (the career change, the conference, everything), my parents, in-laws, sister, and BIL, and even friends for helping with the kiddos whenever we needed it.\
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When I started on this journey, I was all alone - no community in sight. Until I slowly stumbled upon organizations like [**#100devs**](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23100devs&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED). The 100devs community helped me make wonderful friends within the tech community, which is how I later discovered Torc. 🥰 I explored (many) conferences, learned, grew my network, had way too much fun in the chat, made more friends and connections - that all led me here.\
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There are so many more people and organizations I could thank. Folks that saw something in me that I didn't see in myself, and gave me opportunities to discover what I am capable of:\
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A special thank you goes out to Leon for their mentorship and guidance that helped me to believe in myself, as well as Jason for his friendship and recommendation - and of course Briana and Taylor! 🫶\
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THAT conference for my first taste of community IRL, RenderATL for my first ambassadorship and emcee gig, the DSD cohort for giving me amazing experience on a team, the 100devs for your wonderful encouragement during "the Chosen One" adventure, being invited onto CodeTV's Web Dev Challenge, the Tech Commute/Whiskey Web & Whatnot feature, MagnoliaConf for my first official speaking opportunity, the messages received from community members that made me tear up with such gratitude, and of course, my Torc family. 🫶\
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After 30+ interviews and about a million resume rewrites, I did the dang thing.\
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With eternal gratitude,\
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Roxy Rodriguez-Becker\
Developer Community Manager\
[**Torc.dev**](http://Torc.dev)