Hi, I'm Pauline.
People also call me Powerhouse
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This is what I've been up to recently.
To summarise, I am a...
š Senior Community Engineer at Gitpod
Iām a proud Gitpodder! š I currently lead community engagement and development, part of DCS (Developer & Community Success) team! Curious about how I got here? You can read more about why I joined Gitpod on my blog.
Shifting my focus on to tooling and developer experience, I also author DevX Digest - the newsletter about developer experience.
Gitpod is an open source platform for automated and ready-to-code development environments, enabling developers to describe their dev environment as code and start instant and fresh development environments for each new task directly from a browser. Join our community!
š» 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 took to the Clouds and became AWS Certified as a Cloud Practitioner (November 2019) and Solutions Architect Associate (December 2020)
Recently, I've dipped my toes into Kubernetes and the Cloud Native Ecosystem. In December 2021, I cleared the KCNA certificate.
Previous Tech 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.
Technologies I'm familiar with
- HTML
- CSS/SCSS
- Javascript
- jQuery
- React
- Tailwind
- Nextjs
- Python
- git
- Wordpress
- AWS
- Lambda
- Terraform
- Packer
- Linux
- Kubernetes
- Chef
- Docker
Projects & Features
Beyond Limits Campaign
BT Hack Day
Campus Champions
Graduate Scheme LinkedIn Video
International Women's Day 2020
HackSheffield 4.0 (Sponsored by BT)
ELEVATE Programme Careers Talk
Technical Content
š Community Builder
Community is everything. I've been involved in several different communities over the years, where my goal as a leader or contributor is to cultivate a safe space for others to connect and learn from each other.
Community Work
- 2021-present: Ladies in DevOps Community Founder
- 2021: AWS Community Builder
- 2016-2021: Code First Girls
- "ShefCodeFirst" Women in Tech Community
- Lead Instructor
- BT furtHER program Mentor
- Fellowship Mentor
- Ambassador
- "ShefCodeFirst" Women in Tech Community
- 2017 - 2018: MedTech Sheffield / #HackMed18
Projects
Computer Weekly
Online Community Engagement
Be Bold For Change x #shefcodefirst
Tech community blog posts
Key Contributions
- March 2016: Introducing CFG students to the hackathon scene and the wider Women in Tech community.
- Feb 2017: Collaboration with HackSheffield to take over 20 CFG students to the InspireWIT conference.
- 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: For International Women's Day, I organised an event at the BT office in Leeds with local Yorkshire speakers in the tech community which was shared and highlighted by BT Consumer's CEO, Marc Allera.
- April 2021: On launch day of Ladies in DevOps, we had 150 community members join organically through social media platforms. We now have a growing community of over 500+ members and some exciting partnerships and sponsorships to help women advance in their careers!
š Creator
13 years ago, I started writing on the web .
My blog has evolved over time, I now write about reflections of my experiences for both my self development journey as well as daily adventures in life.
Examples of the topics I cover include monthly reflections , equality in STEM , well-being , and building your online presence. I regularly collaborate with different brands, people and companies. A full list of topics can be found here.
I also post videos on YouTube , create podcasts , and have worked with different people on communicating messages across to my global auidence. For example, I built Inspiring Figures to share inspirational figures' stories from around the world.
Creating content has developed my skills and knowledge in:
- Communication
- Production
- Influencing
- Google Analytics
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Video Editing
- Social media
- SEO
- Podcast creation
- Blogging
Projects
#ShefUniGrad 2020
Youper
International Women's Day 2018
MLH Hackathons
Students Union Tour
BMS Placement Year
Why be a TUoS vlogger?
Key Achievements
- Improved engagement from building a strong online presence
- Over 2,500+ podcast downloads on my podcast,"a podcast by Pawlean"
- 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
- Overwhelming support on social media - as shown on BuyMeACoffee
š¤ International Speaker
I started public speaking at events in 2017, my goal with every talk that I do is to inspire and educate.
š Recognition
š¬ Hear it from others
šš¼ Features
ā”ļø Let's collaborate!
I'm always looking to expand my network and connect with like-minded people. Get in touch!
Want to collaborate? Let's connect!
Interested in working together? Here's a copy of my CV!
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