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Hi, nice to meet you! Laura wants to spare you another bland "about me" text, so she asked me to do a short interview with her instead. Hi Laura! Quickly introduce yourself for starters?
Hi there, I'm Laura! I currently live in Tokyo, and I write software for a living. That's me:
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Nice photo! What kind of software do you write?
Thanks! I mostly work within the Ruby/Rails ecosystem right now, so I build web apps. I do lots of backend work which I very much enjoy, and I can also write decent frontend code if needed.
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I want to become a Ruby when I grow up, so that's right up my alley :) What do you like about programming?
It's the perfect combo of logic and creativity. You can go all the way from thinking something up to actually bringing it to life.
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What do you do when you're not programming?
I like books, games, martial arts and hiking. Oh, and I enjoy making stuff, so I craft, cook and bake as well :)
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Neat! You also do public speaking, right?
Right! I occasionally speak at conferences. There are videos for most of my talks, if you want to have a look.
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Will do! A random fact about yourself?
My go-to character alignment in classic D&D RPGs is Chaotic Good.
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Geek.
Yep. Thanks for helping with the interview!
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My pleasure!