Bekah Hawrot Weigel
Developer, Community & Team Builder, Keynote Speaker
- Role
- Creator and Maintainer at Virtual Coffee
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bekah Hawrot Weigel
College English instructor -> Developer Experience Lead & Creator of Virtual Coffee, tech community. In the ten years prior to tech, I was as a college English adjunct. But after going through trauma, I couldn\'t go back. I started learning to code with freeCodeCamp and found that it stopped the cycling traumatic thoughts. And then, I found that I loved it. I was fortunate enough to receive a full scholarship to Flatiron School, where I learned Ruby and Rails and JavaScript and React. After graduating, I started my first developer job using JavaScript and React. I learned to use Storybook, how to write tests, and to navigate large existing codebases. I\'ve brought legacy code up-to-date with React, used GitHub daily, and made decisions about the best way to approach projects. So I went from coding for therapy to coding for passion. And to be honest, it\'s not that far from what I did as an English instructor. I have to deep dive into what I see on the screen, analyze patterns, look for meaning, and consider the impact on the user/reader. In April 2020, I started the developer community, Virtual Coffee. It started as weekly coffee chats, and has grown into a community of developers at all stages who support each other, have weekly events, challenges, and more. We provide opportunities for collaboration, growth, and leadership. As Developer Experience Lead, I support developers on their open source journey, creating opportunities for learning, growth, recognition, and collaboration.
Experience
Creator and Maintainer
Apr 2020 — Present
Create a community that supports developers at all levels with synchronous and asynchronous events, educational opportunities, and support.
Education
Udacity
Front-End Web Dev challenge course
2018 — 2018
Flatiron School
Online Web Developer Immersive
2018 — 2019
West Virginia University
Master of Arts - MA
2008 — 2010
Saint Vincent College
Bachelor of Arts - BA
2003 — 2006
Udacity
Front-End Developer Nanodegree
2018 — 2018
freeCodeCamp
Javascript
2017
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