Writing and public speaking

Most of my writing is for the video games that I make, but I occasionally write a paper or article, and have spoken many times publically - sometimes for students and once (so far!) at a conference.

"We Don't Do That Here": How Collaborative Editing with Mentors Improves Engagement in Social Q&A Communities

An academic paper cowritten with researchers at NCSU about collaborative editing of questions on Stack Overflow. Accepted at CHI 2018.

I followed my dreams and got demoted to software developer

An article for the Stack Overflow blog about my transition from director of design to software developer at Stack Overflow.

How being demoted could be the right career move

A guest appearance on an episode of the podcast Code Newbie to talk about my career transition.

"Reframing Impostor Syndrome: How to Use It To Improve Yourself" - SINFO 30 conference

A keynote talk at SINFO - a tech conference in Lisbon - in 2023 about my experience with impostor syndrome.

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