Somewhat of a reboot
This aint' my first rodeo...
I feel like I blogged for a million years up until 2021, when I retired my good ol' bloggyblog. Got my start on Open Diary, moved onto LiveJournal, Blogger, then finally a more professional Wordpress. I am obsessed with documentation. Every blog post had at least a handful of relevant photographs. I wrote about daily life, vacations, roller derby, DIY projects, anything and everything. Once I moved over to Wordpress I got more brand deals, messed with my layout more frequently (baby coder skills), and wrote however often I had time for. It was a "lifestyle blog" until I had kids, and then it became a "family blog." A couple years after the twins were born I decided it was time to hit pause on the blogger life, especially since short form was more popular and my Instagram is still available for that.
So what is this?
This is not a family blog, but I will probably share family-related updates as they pertain to my career transition. Especially because they are the biggest parts of my "why." I am currently in public education, but I after teaching math for ten years and then switching to the library for about 7 years now, I am burned out. Public education is under attack and being in the library puts me in the extra hot seat. Am I running away? Maybe. But with 3 kiddos, one of them being medically complex, the pay isn't enough for me to stay and fight from the inside. Priorities, yo.
Also...I think I need more of a challenge. I've always taken the easy route, and this new path has pushed me in ways that make me want to quit. Because it's hard. I haven't yet...just slowed down a bit sometimes. Then something happens, or I attend an event that really inspires me... and I am reminded that it's worth it to keep going.
Currently.
So here I am. About 1.5 years later. I'm still on the front end dev side of things - currently learning React.
I've done all the the things - self-paced courses, tutorials, meetups, conferences, networking, Twitter, resumé edits, Linkedin edits...I've made amazing friends, great connections, and am really happy with where I am - other than tech-jobless. :)
A couple recruiters have reached out, I've done one take home test that led to a "hiring event" when I was out of town, which led to connecting with that recruiter for future opportunities. I know there will be a job for me somewhere one day, I just gotta keep at it.
And apparently I need to "build in public." My greatest fear! Baby steps. I am at least talking about what I am doing. Maybe eventually I will show it off. Until then, byyyyyyeeeee!
