03-09, 09:30–10:30 (Europe/Zurich), Pischa
Inspired by SyFy's The Magicians and informed by works like "Grit" by Angela Duckworth and "So Good They Can't Ignore you" by Cal Newport, this talk will help attendees will learn four ways that they can embrace the principle of grit to achieve their goals.
Life as a worker in high-tech knowledge economy jobs can be difficult, even painful. Everything about the world we work in always changing. Many tasks seem impossible, even Herculean in their difficulty levels… and people still expect you to work magic and stick the perfect landing. The world keeps turning, and it's tough to keep up. You can do it, and while it may be difficult, the ways to do it are meaningful and achievable.
Inspired by SyFy's The Magicians and informed by works like "Grit" by Angela Duckworth and "So Good They Can't Ignore you" by Cal Newport, this talk will help attendees will learn four ways that they can embrace the principle of grit to achieve their goals. Tearyne will show you how you can master your inner magical strength and achieve your goals through perseverance - while preserving your peace of mind.
Tearyne D. Almendariz's passion for all things Japan and Sailor Moon led her to become a front-end developer with a focus on accessibility and usability. She has designed, prototyped, and coded user interfaces and worked on teams small and large. One time she even converted Coldfusion sites to React Apps -- and lived to tell the tale.
Tearyne is an avid volunteer in the DFW Tech and Engineering scene, having served for nearly four years with Black Girls Code as a Tech Assistant and as a CORE Team Lead of the Dallas CORE team. She is the owner of NLBC Works, Inc. and is also currently employed as a Customer Success Engineer at GitLab.