virginia

software engineer @capitalone | cs @uva engineering | opinions are my own | retweet ≠ endorsement

[Sam Ezersky @thegridkid]

HAPPY BEE-DAY!! 🎉🥳

Today marks THREE years of the digital #NYTSpellingBee, when Beeatrice here was introduced to the world. Thanks to all of you players for continuing to make this phenomenal game possible!

All love #HiveMind 🐝❤️

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

@GruyereGlenn This is reminding me I need to rewatch this movie.

[Curtis Einsmann @einsmanntech]

I’ve reviewed over 750 PR’s at AWS. As my team’s tech lead I provide insightful feedback and enforce a high code quality bar.

But as a jr engineer I couldn’t review code. I didn’t know where to start, what to look for or how to comment.

Here’s how I review PR’s. 🧵 👇

[Merritt Hummer @merritthummer]

1/ @Affirm is potentially upending the conventional wisdom that tech-enabled lenders can't produce venture-like returns. Past analogs have been too burdened by funding reqs and too exposed to the credit cycle, or so the thinking goes. What's different about @Affirm, then?

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

Worth taking!

"Many professional trolls want to be your friend; they want to pull you in a new and sometimes divisive direction. Be wary of who you friend online and which messages you decide to repost."

https://t.co/BWABu6oU9z

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

@melissajourno I’m Inbox 0 professionally, but make up for it by being Inbox Far-Too-Many personally 😅

[Josie @javavvitch]

So, uh, I haven't been really afraid to say anything on the Internet ever, but I'm really scared about how this is going to be perceived.

But I though it was worth talking about my experience at C1 and how it, unequivocally, fucked me up.

https://t.co/rUEieTrpLz

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

@CapitalOneTech has some serious questions to answer about being such a public proponent of women in tech while multiple women are accusing HR of ignoring the racism & sexism from its own white women leaders.

True inclusion demands intersectionality.

https://t.co/Slj6nLJt4Y

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

After nearly four months of WFH, I just now discovered the setting to prevent my office chair from leaning back.... it's the little things in life, like appropriate lumbar support ✨

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

All right; let me use my superpower for good:

For every charitable donation to benefit racial justice, I will dispense an Uncomfortable Truth about a technology / company of your choice.

Outsized donations can request their own thread topic. DM if you prefer anonymity.

[Morgan DeBaun @MorganDeBaun]

Promote Black entrepreneurs
Promote Black writers
Promote Black non profits
Promote Black VCs
Promote Black startups
Promote Black artists
Promote Black activists
Promote Black designers
Promote Black educators
Promote Black truth.
#BlackOutTuesday

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

Go hoos 🙌🏼

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

Was so excited to hear @MorganDeBaun speak at work today after her message at GHC last year, and it did not disappoint — here’s to being able to solve problems that matter to society by learning from the women a few steps ahead of ourselves 🙌

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

*immediately* thought of @KaylaKasprak’s talk about positive code review culture.👇

[arshia @arshia__]

so much "this meeting should be an email" but not enough "this pull request with 35+ comments and counting should be a meeting where yall look each other in the fucking eye"

[virginia @vkwordsworth]

Java ☕️

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @SeanTAllen]

- What's the first programming language that you wrote a "significant amount" of code in?

- What's the first you got paid to write a "significant amount" of code in?

[aileenlee @aileenlee]

Just brought crazy WFH husb a glass of wine while he is on conf call. Sending y’all love, hope and appreciation during these crazy times!

[New York Times Wordplay @NYTimesWordplay]

Need something fun to lighten up your video meetings/social-distancing gatherings? Try group-playing Spelling Bee with your family and colleagues! We've opened up Spelling Bee for all for a limited time so give it a whirl at https://t.co/RmU8m7aHj5

[Ryan Reeves @RyanReeves_]

FICO is an interesting business.

You know that credit score you get?

Yeah, FICO makes more than 100% of its profit from those. Think about how asset-light they are.

Quick [THREAD]

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

This @washingtonpost chart makes the point better than any words can. Stunning.

[Bart Nagel @bjnagel]

@nicolaskb I cropped the first photo to just the hand and device, and did some very inexpert colour tweaks in an attempt to make the skin white, and somewhere in between. The results are troubling.