On this Screaming in the Cloud replay, we’re looking back to our conversation with Cassidy Williams, a Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub and the co-founder and chief product officer of Cosynd, Inc. Prior to these positions, she worked as the principal developer experience engineer at Netlify, an instructor and senior engineer at React Training, director of outreach at cKeys, a senior software engineer at CodePen, head of developer voice programs at Amazon, and a software engineer at Venmo, among other positions. Join Corey and Cassidy as they reflect on what Netlify is and what a developer experience engineer does, how JavaScript started off as a toy language and why everything that can be built with JavaScript will be moving forward, the benefits of using low-code development tools, how discovering TikTok helped Cassidy drum up a major following on social media, how Cassidy's humor is never directed at people or organizations and why that's the case, the differences between recording a podcast and live streaming on Twitch from the speaker's point of view, and more.

Show Highlights

(0:00) Intro

(0:22) Backblaze sponsor read

(0:49) What is Netlify and its role of a principal developer experience engineer

(2:50) Is JavaScript the future?

(7:46) Using low-code tools for web development

(12:12) Having a goofy internet presence in a serious field

(17:23) Social platforms as a means to teach

(24:50) Twitch streaming and its inherent challenges

(28:16) Cassidy’s online coursework and how she answers, “So, what do you do?”

(32:12) Unique ways of tracking Twitter followers

(37:15) Where you can find more from Cassidy

About Cassidy Williams

Cassidy is a Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub. She's worked for several other places, including Netlify, CodePen, Amazon, and Venmo, and she's had the honor of working with various non-profits, including cKeys and Hacker Fund as their Director of Outreach. She's active in the developer community, and was one of Glamour Magazine's 35 Women Under 35 Changing the Tech Industry and LinkedIn's Top Professionals 35 & Under. As an avid speaker, Cassidy has participated in several events including the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, TEDx, the United Nations, and dozens of other technical events. She wants to inspire generations of STEM students to be the best they can be, and her favorite quote is from Helen Keller: "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." She loves mechanical keyboards and karaoke.

Links

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cassidoo
Newsletter: https://cassidoo.co/newsletter/
Scrimba: https://scrimba.com/teachers/cassidoo
Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/user/cassidywilliams/
Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/user/cassidoo
O’Reilly: https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/6339
Personal website: https://cassidoo.co
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cassidoo
GitHub: https://github.com/cassidoo
CodePen: https://codepen.io/cassidoo/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassidoo

Original Episode

https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/memes-streams-software-with-cassidy-williams/

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