@_colleenleonard

adhd-fueled dabbler | people + code | skates a lot technical recruitment @testdouble

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Test Double@testdouble12 Jan 2022
Know a senior software engineer who's constantly talking about TDD? Let them know we want to talk. link.testdouble.com/share
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I was so excited to try out for Team NC roller derby this morning but I got a flat and the air machine at the gas station is broken 🥲 It's not a derby trip without a lil razzle dazzle
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Duolingo decided being a menace to retail workers in English wasn't enough 😅
A screenshot of a Duolingo exercise. The phrase "Gabh mo leithscéal, cá bhfuil an bainisteoir?" is above in Gaeilge (Irish), and "Excuse me where is the manager" is below as the English translation

ALT A screenshot of a Duolingo exercise. The phrase "Gabh mo leithscéal, cá bhfuil an bainisteoir?" is above in Gaeilge (Irish), and "Excuse me where is the manager" is below as the English translation

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Salary transparency, but make it malicious compliance
A screenshot of a salary range from a job posting. The range is listed as $65k/yr - $400k/yr

ALT A screenshot of a salary range from a job posting. The range is listed as $65k/yr - $400k/yr

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Making Thanksgiving fun by slipping in lyrics from Creed's "Higher" into casual conversation until someone catches on. Might have to expand to other Creed songs.
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Started seriously painting again to combat the winter blues. This one is a WIP of some fields inspired by my hometown. I've spent hours painting this canola field and I wouldn't have it any other way.
The corner of a WIP acrylic painting of fields and blue sky. There are tiny yellow dots for a WIP canola field

ALT The corner of a WIP acrylic painting of fields and blue sky. There are tiny yellow dots for a WIP canola field

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I've been walking every single morning right after getting up and it has really helped my morning fatigue. I live on a highway so I just walk up and down our long driveway. Typically, I walk about a mile doing this and it looks absolutely ridiculous on a map.
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It seems like every week there's a new bad take giving even worse advice to job-seekers and career transitioners in tech trending on here. So I wrote this piece for the @testdouble blog! blog.testdouble.com/posts/20…
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Don't even bother recruiting software engineers unless your GitHub looks like this
A GitHub contributions grid with 5 squares filled in with green over the span of the past year

ALT A GitHub contributions grid with 5 squares filled in with green over the span of the past year

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Rate my setup!
A picture of a desk set up in Colleen Leonard's backyard. A MacBook pro is in the center, and testdouble.com is pulled up on Chrome. A mouse on a mousepad is on the right hand side, and a crystal carafe is on the left hand side. A railing with trees and a greenhouse are in the background

ALT A picture of a desk set up in Colleen Leonard's backyard. A MacBook pro is in the center, and testdouble.com is pulled up on Chrome. A mouse on a mousepad is on the right hand side, and a crystal carafe is on the left hand side. A railing with trees and a greenhouse are in the background

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I love to see that we are hopefully starting to move on from the "you should be focused on x thing in your 20s/30s/40s/50s etc" takes. You should be focused on what interests you, what you enjoy, what gives you life no matter your age.
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Life circumstances can change that for you no matter your age. We are all on different timelines and trying to achieve different things (sometimes we're just existing, and that's ok too). Our lives are always changing and we're never too old to try something.
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I know there's a hurricane afoot because my head feels like it's in a medieval head crusher. And also because it's been raining a lot. But mostly the head crusher thing
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I was hoping to make it home for rodeo weekend, but there's been too much going on to make it work and not exhaust myself. Rodeo season is my favorite - it's like a homecoming of sorts, a shift in energy. Perhaps that is why I also love September. Maybe next year!
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Bout day!! Excited to support our latest graduating derby class in their first bout today. It is an honor to skate with folks who started as students and are now teammates!
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Update: we won! And we had fun! We were very evenly matched, which made for a great bout for both teams. It was the first bout for at least half of the roster on each team; love to see the sport coming back after COVID setbacks.
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Oh, and here's a Huckdate. He has been working hard on catching his tail lately!
A grey tiger kitten named Huckleberry is balled up on a fluffy light green cat bed on a light colored wood look floor. He is looking up and holding his tail. A pair of blue and pink skates is beside him, and a basket can be seen behind him. There's the bottom corner of a white closet door to his left.

ALT A grey tiger kitten named Huckleberry is balled up on a fluffy light green cat bed on a light colored wood look floor. He is looking up and holding his tail. A pair of blue and pink skates is beside him, and a basket can be seen behind him. There's the bottom corner of a white closet door to his left.

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This summer has been hard, and I have been disconnected and disengaged. I lost my passion for projects there for a while. I'm working on getting back on track, tho! What are you all working on that is exciting for you? I'd love to grab virtual coffee sometime ☕
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Listening to one of the local college radio stations on the drive home from practice really took me back to my own college radio days. I appreciate that college radio is still going strong in some places. The enthusiasm and just pure joy of the host made my day 🌞
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I feel really lucky that I got to be a part of college radio at an interesting time in music and the industry in general. Definitely felt like the wild west at times, like when we would "live stream" by using chat roulette while we hosted 😆
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