Hey there! 👋🏻 a lil first-post intro: from Southern California, went to Chicago for college & stayed there a few years after too. I studied cultural anthropology but fell into a really unique role after grad where they actually taught software engineering on the job (!!)
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There, I did full-stack dev (mostly front-end, but I did get some mainframe exposure too lmao) and design (again, unique place with lots of end-to-end feature ownership even for jrs) for 3 years. Learned I liked design the most & shifted gears, moved back to LA, where I am now 🌴
Currently in federal gov tech consulting, which can feel a bit alienated from the design community — I’m fully remote in a DC-centric field, and I can’t share any day-job work publicly (internal system @ USCIS) Hoping to connect more here 🤗