A great excuse to share some cake by @CuckoosBakery! (There were lots of other people in the room, honest)

Whenever I talk / write / read about ARM half of my brain is busy working on possible puns.

Found a bottle of alcopop at my mum's, that I must have brought over from the UK in 1999. It then went to Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Canada and Germany, before being finished off 21 years after its best before. It tasted like flavoured water and did not remind me of being 17.

You learn something new every day. What I learnt this week: There *is* something more mortifying than doing a presentation in front of a big audience, and that is creating a video of yourself doing the presentation.

Another unsolicited message: "I noticed you are the VP of Safety Engineering at Codeplay Software so I thought it would make sense to reach out. Would video surveillance/security cameras fall under your supervision?" 🤦‍♀️

Do you have experience in Quality Assurance? Interested in learning more about what testing is required to put a piece of software into an autonomous vehicle? I'm looking to add to my team! codeplay.com/company/careers…

Catchy

What's the technical term for the emotional rollercoaster of finding you forgot a sip of coffee in your mug only to realise, once it's in your mouth, that it's now really cold and disgusting?

Unsolicited email: "I reviewed your company and understand that you might be interested in attaining the below contacts. 1. IT and Software [...] 4. Network engineer 5. Graphics processing units" - That's right. If you're a GPU please send your CV.

Oh man, this makes me want to cry AND smile. The stuff you guys went through!! I'm so glad it's over now and you can begin to heal inside as well.

Got a new t-shirt from work! "Celebrating the out-of-this-world achievements of the automotive team"

Perks of a small company: occasionally you get paid to do stuff like this instead of your day job.

That's a good idea! Only then I'll probably obsess about the mic ;)

"Hi everyone, I'm Verena." (My camera is off, good). Oh this is interesting (the camera was off, right?) I'll make a note of that (No one can see me, right?) That was new to me! (Did I turn the camera on accidentally? No.) Yawn (shit, the camera! Ok, it's off)

OH at a conference: "I got into automotive because I don't like driving" (which is why I want to make autonomous driving a reality)