Hi, I'm Pauline 🐾💪🏼
To summarise, I am a 🪴 Community Leader, 💻Enthusiastic Techie, 🎙️International Speaker, 📝Creator and 🌎 Digital Nomad
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🪴 Community Leader
Throughout the years, I have participated in many communities, including the OG blogging community (2008), MedTech Sheffield (2017-2018), Code First Girls (2016-2021), the AWS Community Builders program, and the Ladies in DevOps (2021) community.
Currently, I head up the Community at Gitpod . As a community leader, my goal is to create an environment where empowered people can connect, collaborate, and learn from each other. Come and be a part of our Gitpod Community!
Projects
Key Contributions
- March 2016:Introduced Code First Girls students to the hackathon and Women in Tech communities
- Feb 2017: Took 20 CFG students to InspireWIT conference in collaboration with HackSheffield
- April 2018: Efforts in organising #HackMed18 saw an increase in attendance of women (47%) and students from different backgrounds including Humanities, Finance and Arts.
- March 2019:Organized International Women's Day event at BT office in Leeds with local Yorkshire speakers in tech community, highlighted by by BT Consumer's CEO, Marc Allera.
- April 2021: Launched Ladies in DevOps, with 150 community members joining organically; now over 500 members.
- July 2022: Grew our Gitpod Community to 5,000 members, launched Community Heroes program with 30+ ambassadors, and initiated community initiatives to foster connection (e.gCommunity Office Hours,Community meet-ups)
💻 Enthusiastic Techie
I began learning to code for fun when I was 8 years old. I formed a hobby of building websites which carries on to this day - continuing to bring my ideas to life by playing around with pixels on the internet.
Taking my love for technology and learning further, I became AWS Certified as a Cloud Practitioner in November 2019, Solutions Architect Associate in December 2020, and obtained the KCNA certificate in 2021.
Previous Experience
- 2018-2020: Digital Engineering Graduate, BT. Read about my graduate scheme here.
- 2020-2021: Site Reliability Engineer, BT. Listen to my team's talk at SRECON20 here.
- 2021: DevOps Engineer, Sky Betting & Gaming. Read about moving on from my first tech job here.
Projects & Features
Technical Content
🎙️ International Speaker
📝 Creator
Fourteen years ago, I began writing on the web .
My blog continues to evolve. Now, I write about reflections on my experiences for both my personal development journey and daily adventures in life.
Projects
Key Achievements
- My podcast (now archived) has been downloaded over 2,500 times.
- Being a positive brand ambassador for sponsored content with successful referrals
- Advocating the power of blogging and social media on the radio, conferences and events, inspiring others to create
- Support on social media - as shown on BuyMeACoffee
💬 Hear it from others
🏆 Recognition
👋🏼 Features
🫶 Let's collaborate!
I always love connecting with new people - if you think we can collaborate on something. Get in touch!
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