Vicki Langer

@vickilanger
Richmond area, VA
they/she

Rubyist

LGBT+

Open Source Maintainer

Pythonista

Admitter of Failures

Veteran

Project Management

Black Lives Matter

Trans Rights!

furbaby mama

Book Worm

Open Source

Brainstorming

MacOS

Full Snack Developer

Git

Bike Enthusiast

Dog Owner

Punstoppable

Software Developer

Accessibility

Ethics

Queer

Python Developer

Open Source Contributor

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Tweets

Cat Mom

Internet Rabbit Hole Voyager

Learn In Public

Trainer

Introvert

Inclusion in tech lover

Software Engineer

Antiracist

Self-Taught

Rabbit Hole Explorer

Women’s Empowerment

University Graduate

DEI Advocate

Coding

Board Gamer

Anti-gatekeeping propaganda | Python && Ruby Dev | Project Manager | software engineer | Former: Coding Instructor && Production Manager

Asker of "why?". Wrangler of 🐈 🐕 🐠. Pun lover. Problem solver.

I'm open to

activism,

writing,

participating in user research,

brainstorming,

speaking at events,

joining a book club,

open source contributions,

live streaming,

making introductions,

speaking on twitter spaces,

content creation,

proofreading,

giving book recommendations,

teaching,

and playing tabletop games.

Contact Me

Resume

Jan 2022 - Present

Junior Software Engineer, CoverMyMeds

Nov 2018 - Present

Python && Ruby Programmer, Independent Developer

May 2020 - Feb 2022

Coding Instructor , Codewizards LLC

Jul 2010 - Oct 2018

Production Manager, US Air Force

Links

Dev.to

Portfolio

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Gave a Mess of a Talk

Happy birthday and happy streak to me! I’m still loving learning a little something new everyday.

I never thought I’d have so much fun learning a new language. Loving the challenge!

Started at Boston University MS in Software Development Certificate in Software Engineering

Promoting Equity

I was nominated for and have accepted a position on the CoverMyMeds' Women in Health IT leadership team. I'm excited to bring my skills, aspiration & ambition, and inquisitiveness to the table. “WH...

Awards

Scheduler of the Year by 1st Maintenance Group awarded at Maintenance Professional of the Year Banquet

Support Professional of the Quarter by 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group awarded for enabling safety of flight & mission readiness for first-ever F-22 Raptor combat missions

Airman of the Quarter by 1st Maintenance Operations Squadron recognized by commander for performance in major compliance evaluation

Things I’ve built

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OpenGates.dev gained its first adopter!!! ❤️❤️❤️ https://twitter.com/vicki_langer/status/1514349510654373893

Join us here: https://twitter.com/i/communities/1499095889104752646 Learn more about it here: https://dev.to/vickilanger/tie-what-is-tech-it-easy-tie-4h28

Built and maintain Vets Who Code retweet bot on Twitter twitter.com/VetsWhoCodeBot retweet bot to promote veterans with #VetsWhoCode & #VeteransWhoCode repo || more detail

Built & maintain Code Questions Twitter bot twitter.com/CodeQBot Have fun & meet other devs while learning and helping each other learn repo || more detail

Videos

My 1st speaking gig Contributing as a #CodeNewbie was too hard I've also written about his if you want to check that out here. link

I Write Things

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An explainer post for MVC Frameworks. You can expect relatable examples without jargon, `foo`, `bar`, or dreaded math examples. https://dev.to/vickilanger/tie-what-is-an-mvc-framework-3g1o

An explainer post for Cascading Deletes. You can expect relatable examples without jargon, `foo`, `bar`, and math examples. https://dev.to/vickilanger/tie-what-is-a-cascading-delete-with-relatable-...

So, you want to code but don't know where to do it. Here are a few ways you can do it without much trouble. https://dev.to/vickilanger/where-do-i-code-3cb2

Do you want to learn how to code? Try starting here. In less than 5 minutes you'll have your first line and some fancy code things you can do with it. https://dev.to/vickilanger/your-first-line-of-...