Valerie (🖥️, ☕️) | Founder of Tech by Choice
@DigitalBlkHippy
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(She/Her) Founder of @TechByChoiceOrg ✊🏾 Artist 🎨 Engineering Manager 💻 Speaker 🎤 Psychology Enthusiast 🧠 Your Local Cali Hippie 🌴 👩🏾🦱🌴
a mac around a bunch of pcs
Joined March 2010
Facebook just reminded me I started my tech journey 8 years ago. I went from data entry to Frontend dev in 8 months. From $15/hr to jumping into an industry that offered 100k+ salaries w/ 2-3 years of experience. All before graduation w/ a degree in psychology & art
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Give thanks for the friends who ask the right questions and see beyond the surface.
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When AI agents negotiate with each other, they can fall into "echoing"—endlessly agreeing instead of advocating for their principals. Your agent tries to return shoes that don't fit. Twenty minutes later, both agents enthusiastically agree you should keep them AND pay a 25%
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Life update I told the moon my dreams and she sent a shooting start to make them real 💍👶🏽
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I think AI is a valid solution to a subset of problems but I’m worried people are treating it like pasta, just throwing it at the cabin to see what sticks.
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Good, like beauty, is relative.
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Building a strong life isn’t accidental. I share practical discipline, faith, and leadership — focused on building strong homes, resilient families, and steady minds. If you’re here to grow with intention, you’re in the right place. Follow along. Disaster-Proof Life.
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Knowing that the life cycle of a b2b platform was long but actually experiencing it in real time is a whole different thing 🙃 Thank goodness for grants lol
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One thing that annoyed me about some development environments….chronic fire fighters were celebrated, but they often caused the fires to begin with….not bc of high risk high reward innovation (which is good), but due to generally bad decisions and poor design
I don’t think anyone should work well under pressure for work unless you’re in the medical field or deal with emergencies. But one skill all leaders should have is to not create more stress during stressful situations.
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I don’t think anyone should work well under pressure for work unless you’re in the medical field or deal with emergencies. But one skill all leaders should have is to not create more stress during stressful situations.
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I'm finally breaking into the part of coding where you need to know math I never thought I would get here but ... here I am
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Celebrating the fact that I’ve accomplished so much in my personal and professional life before the age of 35 There’s so much more I want and will do, but I’m so excited to take a small break for the 1st time I’ve been going nonstop since I was 15. Now I get to slow down ♥️
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I want to add startup life is one way to do this if you’re not at a big name company that gives out stock. It’s more risky because equity in a startup before it goes public feels like imaginary money, but if you find the right company the payoff can be worth it.
High salary+ equity is how people become rich off of a 9-5. Ownership is still part of the equation. There’s really no secret.
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Came up with a technical solution that just saved us 3k a month at scale 🥳 One week left and I’m still coming up with good solutions
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The older and more senior I get is the less I want to publicly talk about work 😂 I’ve accomplishing so much in the last 3 years but my content output about it has been so low
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I’m officially 1 month away from the 2nd big life moment I get to experience this year ONE MONTH.
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My CMP + Preference Center + DSAR platform is coming along. I’m building it with one goal—make privacy tools simple and accessible. No one should have to pay $10K–$30K just to comply with data privacy laws. #buildinpublic
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I've been working on so much legal paperwork for TBC it's driving me nuts. The worst part is my hands are tied until everything is completed 🙃
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I’m learning more about how to show up in tech in ways that matter most but I’m in a position where I can’t fully talk about any of it 🙃
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I just learned one of the major tech conferences doesn’t cover speaker travel or accommodations and while I shouldn’t be surprised, I am. Many companies also aren’t covering conferences for employees anymore so I’m guessing speakers are coming out of pocket to speak 🥴
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Don’t even know what to tweet about because I’m not here as often Not to mention the current state of the world
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As a leader your refinements shouldn’t just focus on pointing tickets. Yes that’s a big goal if the meeting, but sometimes the only goal should be getting alignment on key initiatives.
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I have a lot on my mind but I don't feel like talking about any of it
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