Kerry Sheldon

Software Developer. Turing School alum.

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@DonnaDitota1 I remember my grandpa working on the campaign for Larry. He would have loved to see this happen.

[Vaidehi Joshi @vaidehijoshi]

ugh i am so tired of stories like these. "but we just need to get these girls excited and so they'll major in CS!" is such a tired take; it completely ignores what women have to contend with when they enter the field and have to deal with incompetent tech companies

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@mikedao Tell me about it. I just bought a motorcycle.

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

Lately I've been feeling defeated toward the end of the week.

But then I get to spend Saturdays with the most amazing, resilient and kind refugee children.

Sometimes we draw marvel characters. But they are the real superheroes.

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

6 children and 3 adults stabbed at a birthday party. I can't imagine how terrified the Boise refugee community must feel today. https://t.co/Hx2tBQhID3

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

We are shocked & saddened by this senseless attack on members of the Boise refugee community: https://t.co/IRIUBj9Z8j
IRC is currently working to support refugees and other members of the community shaken by this incident. Our statement: https://t.co/XOs7Jjfd1m

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@soniagupta504 I'm now planning to use this phrase pretty much all night

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

Writing blog posts to share my process for learning AWS slows me down considerably. I do each exercise 2+ times, and spend even more time documenting it.

Basically, I'm tricking myself into following a process that results in me actually learning something.

[Shubheksha ✨ @ScribblingOn]

Devs I really enjoy pairing with:
- don't act like know-it-alls
- openly admit if they don't know something
- try to figure stuff out together
- ask instead of making random assumptions about your knowledge
- don't judge you for not knowing something

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@soniagupta504 All of these! But 'does this make sense' is such an easy one to incorporate and gives both an opening and an out with one question.

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@theKaufMan @dshendrickson1 So cool! @dshendrickson1 - such a great idea and inspiring generosity!

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

This is sooooo good (said the person who now feels slightly less weird about inventing rote exercises for myself) https://t.co/D6BnPNMcGj

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

Added 3 exercises on S3.

(and just deleted 7 buckets with names like 'please-work-bucket'...)
https://t.co/qEzZ4VNS2I

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@soniagupta504 I spent a good 15 mins today contemplating whether I was too old to wear shorts.

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@mikedao @soniagupta504 and now I am trying to figure out what my 'gravy shelf' is that can answer this same question.

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

https://t.co/cSfj71VTDM

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@mikedao Wait why is that caving?

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

My mom finished five weeks of radiation therapy in the morning and her dog promptly tore it's entire ACL in the afternoon.

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

Even though we are a week late, a refugee mom is getting her first ever mother's day cards from each of her kids today. 💙

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

“It’s death by a thousand papercuts. Little by little — until you get to the point where nobody is coming.” - IRC's Jennifer Sime, on refugee resettlement in the US today. A @NYTimes must-read: https://t.co/koN53Ue2RN

[Kerry Sheldon @KerryJSheldon]

@onyxraven @soniagupta504 The countdown makes me panic