#180 April Speight in her own lane from design to advocacy

April took us on a rollercoaster. We talked about how she learned Python in the open, made videos about her learning, and landed a children's book deal. April told us about transitioning to the AR/VR space and how she landed at Microsoft, first as a Program Manager, and then (finally) in advocacy, with an explosive start happening in an MIT Hackathon! From her project management studies and realization, she learned to code to find a job to her first internship.

Here are the links from the show:

• https://www.twitter.com/vogueandcode
• https://www.vogueandcode.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilspeight
• https://devpost.com/software/spell-bound
• Byte Size Python https://amzn.to/3hy9AZr

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Chapters

• 9:57 [Ad] Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
• 10:34 (Cont.) #180 April Speight in her own lane from design to advocacy
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• 27:28 (Cont.) #180 April Speight in her own lane from design to advocacy