2023

28 Jan, 2023
28 Jan, 2023
Accessible Card Booster Pack Opening Game
Improved Site Accessibility
Worked on a side project
Creating CSS animations
Deployed a site on Netlify
+2
I was one of the web devs for this Pokemon-style booster pack opening game! Working with devs across the world on a web game for an audience of 1000s of other fans was intellectually and personally fulfilling.


https://github.com/elysiumdelivery/altare-tcg/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42uQ_AvFaFk&t=1475s - showcasing the site on livestream!


As technical PM and accessibility dev, I chose the tech stack, wrote the spec, and reviewed 3 international teammates' code for: opening 10-card packs with rarities (Vanilla JS), flip/ shine effects (CSS animations), filtering collection of up to 300 unique cards, deployment to Netlify.


Implemented keyboard and live announcement support for card flip interaction, focus trap in card details modal, and semantic HTML throughout site. Guided teammates to incorporate accessibility into their changes.


Image alt text:
1. Section of the credits page on the site where I'm listed.
2. Collections tab on site showing 33 out of 290 cards pulled, 4 total pulls, and a gallery of the collected cards


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2022

15 Aug, 2022
15 Aug, 2022
Gave an internal talk
Taught Figma basics
Presented "Figma for Non-Designers"

Compiled the experience I recently gained from fumbling in Figma for the first time into a 1 hour workshop to internal engineers, product managers, and other non-designers. Created interactive exercises and guided participants through applying Figma's asset library, "hug"/ "fill", components,  and autolayout to create design patterns common in Pilot's app.
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16 Jun, 2022
16 Jun, 2022
Used a design system
Designed a new feature
Built a new feature
used Figma
Tried out Figma for the first time
Designed a mock-up in Figma
+4
Wireframed a new feature in Figma

With the recent departure of our team's designer, our project manager and I stepped up to design a new email configuration page. She provided a strong understanding of user needs and some cobbled together screenshots, and I translated those to a Figma wireframe aligning with Pilot's design system. Having worked closely on numerous features with our team's ex-designer, I had a good sense for how to apply the design system and how the Figma components correspond with our codebase's components.

This was an exciting milestone for me since I've always been interested in learning how to design!


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04 Apr, 2022
04 Apr, 2022
Designed my own learning path
Received art coaching
Did a 30 minute Art Coaching Session

Over Google Meet, shared some of my work with a professional artist who quickly identified that practicing solid shapes and perspective would improve my art. He redlined my drawings and shared his thought process on how he would go about drawing the same things I was trying to draw. I also was given some NMA art courses that would be most helpful towards my goals.

https://coaching.nma.art/
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2022

21 Oct, 2022
21 Oct, 2022
Industry Representation Series: Scripps Alums in Tech Panel
Partnered with Scripps Career Planning and Resources
Spoke on a panel
Alongside four other alumnae spanning classes '91 to '18, we gave students insight into the world of tech and its variety of career paths. We spoke about our current professions, from web development (me!), mobile development, program management, to hiring, and how we arrived at them from our non-computer-science, liberal arts backgrounds at Scripps. Additionally, we shared what "hard" and "soft" (and "medium soft?" We criticized the dichotomy) skills we felt were important to be successful at our roles.
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2021

16 Jun, 2021
16 Jun, 2021
Gave an internal talk
Created a meme for presentation slides
Illustrated cats for my presentation slides
Shared my experience interacting with open source
Demonstrated techniques for reading unfamiliar code
Interacted with open source VueJS code
+4
Presented "Deciphering the Vue Multiselect Source Code: A Campfire Story"

Turned my recent experience interacting with an open source project into a talk for the engineering org. Showcased systematic process and techniques for getting oriented in an unfamiliar codebase.
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11 May, 2021
11 May, 2021
Wrote first blog post
Shared my self-learning experiences with others
Wrote about self-learning
Published a blog post on dev.to
+2
Wrote First Blog Post

https://dev.to/miffens/how-i-got-better-at-e-learning-by-ignoring-the-completion-bar-5060

After years of wanting to blog, inspiration spontaneously struck over a quiet weekend while I was organizing my online course library.
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2020

01 Nov, 2020
01 Nov, 2020
Added keyboard accessibility to Angular Split
Presented talk "Robin 'Inclusive-Or' Hood: Contributing to Open Source on Company Time"
Added keyboard accessibility to Angular Split
Added accessibility feature to an OSS project
Structured immediate and backlog tasks to unblock team short-term and fulfill project requirements long-term
Researched tradeoffs of using OSS verses in-house solution
+3
After years of thinking OSS contributors are the coolest, I got to work on open source during company time. Then, I turned the story into a lightning talk that I presented at my alma mater, Scripps College. The talk was titled "Robin 'Inclusive-Or' Hood: Contributing to Open Source on Company Time"

https://github.com/angular-split/angular-split
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2022

20 Apr, 2022
20 Apr, 2022
Mentored early career frontend engineer
Connected mentee with other engineers
Paired programmed in Vue
Conducted a Code Review
+2
Mentored Early Career Frontender


Within months, guided mentee - a career changer at first tech job - beginning with 1 line fix, how to run a virtual environment, to becoming a key contributor to highly visible pages, unit tests, and Storybook stories.


Connected mentee with frontend community - regular cross-team eng meeting, Slack “etiquette” for asking questions, "office hours" run by frontend staff engineer, and set up pairing sessions with her and frontend engineers on other teams.


Broke down project work into well-scoped tasks to work in parallel between the two of us. Go over task requirements and high level implementation, as well as pair 1:1 on implementation details to unblock.


Provided thorough code reviews, ensuring quality code that meets product requirements and code best practices. Teach by example through code review comments and own PR’s that mentee reviews.
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2021

26 Jun, 2021
26 Jun, 2021
Networked as an introvert
First Polywork collaboration
Shared my network
Shared my self-learning experiences with others
Connected with a cognitive science major
Shared online learning resources
Mentored a college student
Shared how I navigate burnout
+6
First Collab on Polywork

Connected with a fellow cognitive science major interested in the tech industry and accessibility. I shared how I approached networking and skillbuilding as an introvert from a nontraditional background. We talked about doing things the way that is healthy for you vs forcing yourself to do what others proclaim as the only "right" way.
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14 Apr, 2021
14 Apr, 2021
Gave feedback on a frontend engineer interview
Helped a twitter mutual
Helped a Twitter Mutual with Frontend Interview Design

I enjoyed this impromptu opportunity that came across my Twitter feed and hope to get more of these through Polywork. https://twitter.com/williampietri/status/1382137867623796736
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26 Feb, 2021
26 Feb, 2021
Hosted Resume Review/ Ask Me Anything Event for current Scripps College students
Gave resume feedback
Partnered with Scripps Career Planning and Resources
Hosted Resume Review
+1
I offered 15-minute one-on-one sessions with Scripps students interested in the tech industry through a Zoom event organized by Scripps CP&R. Most questions centered around resume feedback, getting new grad PM and UIUX roles, whether a bootcamp is worth doing, and increasing the chance of hearing back from job applications.
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