Sep 2023 - Present
Rizel Scarlett
- @rizel
- Staff Developer Advocate at TBD/Block
- Boston, MA
- she/her
Resume
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Developer Advocate, GitHub
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Software Engineer, Botany
Feb 2019 - Jan 2021
Software Engineer, Hi Marley
Links
Workshops
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Spoke at ColorStack about How to Open Source/Overcoming the Fear of Contributing to Open Source https://twitter.com/colorstackorg/status/1504487856756060167?s=20&t=29z3NMh0Wv0IafhrQ5bwQA
Did a quick intro to git workshop https://twitter.com/aviyelHQ/status/1505574121769512963?s=20&t=aa9jYVDyIRaFbSmeYZgOaA
Moderated a panel event for All In https://twitter.com/AllInOpenSource/status/1494045879606685702?s=20&t=eW7-JqB9bJUTNBkU7d_euQ
Taught at G{Code} about CSS classes and flexbox. Also played flexbox froggy! https://twitter.com/gcodehouse/status/1492921989203378177?s=20&t=QMcPENtDdfOqx_L5tw6N4Q
Live Streams
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Learned about overriding components in Chakra UI, a framework that allows you to build your own design system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epJuxo8FKFA
Twitch Stream with Charlie Gerard about how and why Stripe open sourced Markdoc https://twitter.com/blackgirlbytes/status/1534640286776840197/photo/1
Hosted a livestream with Ben Holmes about Astro https://youtu.be/vTgTNVrOXZY
Live-streamed myself contributing to Open Sauced. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1439404106
Open Source Contributions
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Built a VS code extension that deploys your web page to GitHub pages https://twitter.com/blackgirlbytes/status/1504240653718503428?s=20&t=nHMXF_WBSqJMWoHeTMQLSA
Made my first open source contribution https://github.com/open-sauced/open-sauced/pull/1129
Currently adding a potential improvement to the GitHub Action - Take Action https://github.com/bdougie/take-action/pull/6
Added an Issue Template Form to the Sharing Excess repository https://github.com/sharingexcess/.github/pull/4
My 2021 Highlights
Conference Talks
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My first in person workshop at a conference in the books! Thanks New Relic for giving me space to host a workshop on GitHub Actions AND judge a hackathon. I used to be super shy about doing public ...
Delivered a talk at Open Source 101 Series called How to Attract Contributors to Your Open Source Project https://youtu.be/sioDbc1LUgw https://twitter.com/OS101Series/status/1506231716528107520?s=2...
Gave an Intro to GitHub Pages talk at a NSBE Microsoft Convention https://youtu.be/SXVdnvF8mG4
Spoke at Tech Know Day for International Women's Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XiS3miWUqs&ab_channel=TECHKNOW
Twitter Spaces
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Part two of the Twitter Space I hosted about the world's first e-ink laptop https://twitter.com/blackgirlbytes/status/1517582799028596742?s=20&t=kTC3HkLpbZfnKkRGSVRyrQ
Hosted a Twitter Space with Alex Soto about the World's First E-Ink Laptop. This is part 1, we had audio issues https://twitter.com/blackgirlbytes/status/1516061838202609671/photo/1
Hosted a Twitter Space comparing our experiences working as Dev Advocates at a big company vs a startup https://twitter.com/blackgirlbytes/status/1514012992878358529/photo/1
Hosted a Twitter Space about Open source Program Offices https://twitter.com/blackgirlbytes/status/1512538257564868608?s=20&t=tigHn_iO3Gmnb3WQ_37AdA