Vicky Twomey-Lee

@whykay
Coder, Tech Event Organiser, Advocates Diversity in Tech.
Ireland
She/Her

Python Software Foundation Fellow

Software Engineering

Founder

Advisor

Speaker

Volunteer

Mentor

Fellow

Activist

Freelancer

Hobby

Networker

Women’s Empowerment

Event Producer

Conference Organizer

Remote Worker

Community Builder

Artist

Startup

Workshop Facilitator

Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiast

Live Streamer

Software Engineer

Leader

Rabbit Hole Explorer

Video Game Design

Community Building

Newsletter

Game Player

Self-Taught

Meetup Host

Python

Community

Nonprofit

Community Manager

GitHub user

PICO-8

Electronics

Outreach Advocate

Women in Tech

Python Developer

Pythonista

Maker

Visual Studio Code

Inclusion and Diversity Enthusiast

HTML

Game Enthusiast

Computer Scientist

Programming Languages

Ukulele

Indie Games

Knowledge Sharer

Non-Profit Founder

Burnout Survivor

TailwindCSS

Apple Geek

LGBTIQA+

Django

New Ideas

Digital Artist

Mixed Heritage

arduino

Git

Raspberry Pi Eater

Generative Art & Design

Anime Fan

Newsletter Writer

Traveled to Japan

Squarespace

coder

Co-Founder

Console Gamer

Polyglot

Bootstrap

Creativity

Cat Mother

Imposter Syndrome

Tailwind CSS

Enjoys bringing people together and getting involved with the Irish Tech community and Irish Game Dev community as well as advocate diversity in tech.

I'm open to

joining company boards,

making introductions,

speaking at events,

advising companies,

speaking on podcasts,

and beta testing new products.

Contact Me

Resume

Jun 2012 - Present

CoFounder / Diversity in Tech Advocate, Coding Grace

May 2021 - Jan 2022

Community Lead (Resident Tech Mystic ), Yard

Links

Link to page of everything I'm doing or involved with

Portfolio

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🎞 Latest Irish Makers news featuring highlights of the week's events around Ireland. https://youtube.com/shorts/CcfWJPysgVo?

Hosted PyLadies Dublin with Microsoft Ireland, our 2nd in-person event this year. • 🎤 Python GIL: What does it solves and why everyone wants to remove it? by Andressa Valadares (Digit Games Studio)...

Finally got a domain to replace the unwieldy netifly app url with... 🥁 diversityintech.fyi - check it out! Irish tech community input welcome, either email me or submit a PR.

DublinComicCon 2022 Cosplay Highlights - The Irish Makers Podcast A round up of some of the cosplayers we came across at DublinComicCon 2022 Summer Edition at The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD)...

Awards

Formally accepted PSF Community Service Awards. So stoked to be chosen, and grateful to whomever nominated me. ❤️ https://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/#june-2021

Things I’ve built

Ran our first Diversity-Friendly Workshop for Non-Tech Founders (2x2h Workshops) https://www.codinggrace.com/events/non-tech-founders-workshop-virtual/01

Podcasts

Produced The Irish Makers Podcast trailer and released audio to Anchor and video to Youtube. https://youtu.be/Qoaoj1qbAOk

Videos

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Collaborated PyLadies Dublin with PyLadies Munich this evening. https://youtu.be/UxkK6ufnXm8

Rebuild Local: The importance of local technical communities 👉 https://youtu.be/bB-etcaD4ok

Rebuild Local: Best practices for hybrid developer events 👉 https://youtu.be/KuEkmzad3vg

Rebuild Local: From local to remote developer communities, a slack perspective 👉 https://youtu.be/kS0tw0wqQV0

Articles and blogs

Why community is important? 🌈🦄 👉 https://dev.to/whykay/why-community-is-important-52h9

Irish tech community & diversity in tech news vua Coding Grace August newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/codinggrace/issues/monthly-newsletter-of-coding-grace-issue-2108-686310