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ABOUT ME

Hi folks 👋

I'm Amy, a Developer Advocate & all round community kind of person.:sparkles:

I've been doing a lot of developer community flavoured things since starting my PhD in Computer Science in 2015 🎓. Including organising the Inspire WiT conference (a conference to help women and other underrepresented folks get into technology based in the midlands UK) in 2016 & 2017 👩‍💻 👩‍🔬.

My CV

Here's a list of developer community events I've participated in:

• HackNotts 2015 (Nottingham, UK)
• Hack24 2016 (Nottingham, UK)
• HackCon EU 2016 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
• JacobsHack 2016 (Bremen, Germany)
• BrumHack 2016 (Birmingham, UK)
• AstonHack 2016 (Birmingham, UK)
• HackNotts 2016 (Nottingham, UK)
• Bullhacks 2016 (Birmingham, UK)
• Great North Museum Design Hack 2016 (Newcastle, UK)
• DevRel Con 2016 (London, UK)
• SexTech Hack 2016 (London, UK)
• DurHack 2017 (Durham, UK)
• HackCity 2017 (London, UK)
• Hack UPC 2017 (Barcelona, Spain)
• Anvil Hack 2017 (London, UK)
• CodeMotion Amsterdam 2017 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• GitHub Satellite 2017 (London, UK)
• UK GovHack 2017 (London, UK)
• SciFi Hack 2017 (London, UK)
• HackCon EU 2017 (Birmingham, UK)
• Grace Hopper Celebration 2017 (Orlando, USA)
• GitHub Universe 2017 (San Francisco, USA)
• GitHub Field Day 2017 (London, UK)
• GitHub Field Day 2017 (Nottingham, UK)
• DevRel Con 2017 (London, UK)
• SIGCSE 2018 (Baltimore, USA)
• HackCity 2018 (London, UK)
• GitHub Constellation 2018 (London, UK)
• CodeMotion Amsterdam 2018 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Electromagnetic Fields 2018 (Eastnor, UK)
• Music Tech Fest Labs 2018 (Stockholm, Sweden)
• GitHub Universe 2018 (San Francisco, USA)
• Audio Developer Conference 2018 (London, UK)
• UnCodebar 2018 (London, UK)
• DevRel Con 2018 (London, UK)
• FFconf 2018 (Brighton, UK)
• Abbey Road Red Hackathon 2018 (London, UK)
• You Got This Conf 2019 (London, UK)
• MonkiGras 2019 (London, UK)
• NAMM 2019 (Anaheim, USA)
• CSUN conf 2019 (Anaheim, USA)
• Signal Conf 2019 (San Francisco, USA)
• Grace Hopper Celebration 2019 (Orlando, USA)
• Abbey Road Red Hackathon 2019 (London, UK)

and events that I've delivered talks/workshops at:

• Inspire WiT 2016, 2017 & 2018 (Nottingham, UK)
• HackCity 2017 & 2018 (London, UK)
• Durhack 2017 (Durham, UK)
• GitHub Satellite 2017 (London, UK)
• Audio Mostly 2017 (London, UK)
• GitHub Universe 2017 (San Francisco, USA)
• Anvil Hack 2018 (London, UK)
• SIGCSE 2018 (Baltimore, USA)
• Code Motion 2018 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Geekgirls Carrots meet up 2018 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• AIClubGenderMinority meet up 2018 (London, UK)
• ROLI Demystifying Music Tech 2018 (London, UK)
• AI Girl Rhythm 2018 (London, UK)
• CV FREQS X 2018 (London, UK)
• Audio Developer Conference 2018 (London, UK)
• Monki Gras 2019 (London, UK)
• NAMM 2019 (Anaheim, USA)
• Signal Conf 2019 (San Francisco, USA)
• Grace Hopper Celebration 2019 (Orlando, USA)
• Audio Developer Conference 2019 (London, UK)

and events I've organised:

• Inspire WiT 2016 & 2017 (Nottingham, UK)
• GitHub Field Day 2017 (Nottingham, UK)
• Hacktoberfest 2018 (London, UK)
• Building Inclusive Communities in Tech Panel 2019 (London, UK)

The things I teach include:

introduction to Git; web accessibility; accessibility in music technology; writing music with code; achieving diversity and inclusion.

Want to know more?

Watch the "I'm a Developer" video about me, made by the lovely folks at GitHub.

Get a PDF copy of my CV.

Watch my talks on YouTube

Email me.