I gave this talk at #inspireWIT in Nottingham, about what I currently do, how I got here and how I dealt with imposter syndrome along the way.

1. Being Miss Geeky
MELINDA SECKINGTON
@MSECKINGTON

2. Coding

3. Blogging

4. Speaking

5. Event Organising

9. To pioneer the best learning experiences
for everyone, everywhere

10. I get to build awesome stuff that
people actually use

11. Ruby Developer

12. FutureLearn Blog

13. FutureLearn Talks

14. FutureLearn Hackdays

15. How did I get here?

16. Visual effects for movies
2002

17. 2002

18. 2002
Computer Science

19. 2002
Imposter Syndrome

20. 2002
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.

21. 2002
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning

22. 2007
Facial Expression Recognition

23. 2007
Moved to London

24. 2011
Finally graduated

25. What happened in
between?

26. Miss Geeky
2007

27. People are interested in what I write.
Miss Geeky is my brand, my reputation.

28. I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.

29. It’s okay to like girly stuff.

30. Events
2007

31. BarCamps
HackDays
GeekDinners

32. Event Organising
2008

33. Geeks of London

34. BarCamp London 7
HackCamp London
BarCamp London 8
LinkedGov Data HackCamp
Encampment
BarCamp London 9
BarCamp Berkshire
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BarCamp Berkshire 2
Hacked at the O2
BarCamp London 10

35. I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.

36. People are interested in what I say.

37. HackDays
2007

38. I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.

39. 2011
Finally graduated

40. I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.

41. EmberAds
2012

42. FutureLearn
2013

43. 2013
I don’t belong here.
I’m not good enough.
Other people know more than I do.
I should know everything.
I can’t admit I don’t know.

44. You don’t need to be
the best at something
to solve a problem.

45. Good developers
know when to
ask for help.

46. Being a good
developer means
constantly learning.

47. We’re all mad here. imposters

48. Any questions?