Hilary, Author at g33klady

My first lightning talk – developing for idiots

July 11, 2011 by Hilary

At the August 10th meeting of Ann Arbor .NET Developers (@AADND and http://aadnd.org) I’ll be giving a lightning talk. The topic is “developing for idiots”. No, it’s not about how to develop software if you’re an idiot – it’s about how the idea th…

CloudDevDay wrapup and missing snark

June 12, 2011 by Hilary

I went to Detroit CloudDevDay today, and overall it was great. Compuware building downtown Detroit? Fucking awesome. The views from the 15th floor are sweet – they have a wrap-around balcony and you can see across the Detroit River, and some great…

Old ladies are awesome

June 9, 2011 by Hilary

One thing about being a woman in tech – we’re generally outnumbered at user group meetings and conferences etc. Tonight was the Ann Arbor .NET Developers user group meeting, and after we headed to the Arbor Brewing Company for drinks. There were 2…

Where I shall be…

May 30, 2011 by Hilary

June is gonna be a busy month, but I’m hoping to learn lots 😀 Saturday, June 11 is Detroit CloudDevDay. I’m looking forward to learning about testing in the cloud, and seeing some friends. I believe there are still tickets available, so if you’re…

I Took A Paycut For Quality

April 11, 2011 by Hilary

I have been looking for a little over a year now to move away from the company I currently work for and move on – either do some development, or still doing QA but on a different kind of product. I was becoming increasingly unhappy with the focus …