Anjana Vakil
coding & teaching & learning ✨ adventuring & exploring & healing ✨ bicontinental & biracial & bisexual ✨ she & her & hers
- Reposted by Anjana VakilMy advice for alt text! You want to give the person the same experience as a sighted person. So if it’s a very well known meme for example and most people just glance and know I’ll just say the template and what words are edited in. whereas with an elaborate visual joke I thoroughly describe
- If I had a nickel for every time I, a woman of color, has been told I'm "too loud", "so aggressive", "taking it too far"... For simply speaking my mind, talking in public, and - heaven forbid - challenging men's statements 💀
- Reposted by Anjana VakilHave you taken a digital skills course in the UK? Have you done a coding bootcamp in the US? Are you a underrepresented or underestimated minority? Dr. Kate Miltner is doing a study and needs your help! whoscoding.com You can also DM or check her website!
- I am never more productive than when I'm procrastinating on something else 🙃
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- Yes and also the alligators 🐊✊🏽
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- Sipping coffee and wondering what life would be like in a world where every laptop ships with a free intro to coding book
- Or better yet, where every intro to coding book ships with a free laptop
- Reposted by Anjana VakilI know I’m biased based on my liberal arts/humanities degrees, but it seems bad that those are first programs to be cut when funding gets tight. Seems like having a society without basic understanding of the human condition is really bad and dangerous.
- This book should be required reading for every technologist. I'm on my 3rd or 4th read and it just keeps getting better with time
- In the unlikely event your local library doesn't have it, please support your local bookstore bookshop.org/p/books/zen-and-the…
- Reposted by Anjana VakilAs layoffs in tech are disproportionately affecting underrepresented groups, we've compiled a list of talented individuals to help them find new opportunities. If you're hiring, please check them out! diversifytech.com/layoffs
