I canāt remember the first conversation I noticed, but someone reached out to this community and asked if sharing what theyāve learned in tech would be worthwhile? This is my answer. And, itās yes.
Hereās why I share my experience:
If you find ways to share your tech journey, what are your reasons for sharing?
A big thing for me is representation.
I want young people that look like me to see that this a viable career to pursue.
I feel some responsibility to be a role model and achieve things that my parents didnāt (I think children of immigrants can sometimes feel this pressure).
Iāve ended up connecting with some great people through sharing my journey so itās definitely been worthwhile!
I think you may have shared the wrong link, as it tries to open Gmail.
I like Eamonās idea of sharing for representation; thatās super important.
A lot of it for me is about learning. I actually wrote about what I call āthe rabbit poop approach to learningā a while ago: The Rabbit Poop Approach to Learning | Cassandra HL
In sharing my journey and experiences, I hope not only to help and inspire others, but to solidify my own learnings, organise my thoughts, and create reference materials. I very often refer back to my own posts for my own work, and Iām always glad to have documented things.
There is no more powerful learning tool in my opinion than sharing your experience. āTo learn is to teachā.
I donāt really have any other motivation other than that. Iāve learned to not share looking for validation of my experiences - I may have been guilty of that when I was younger.
Nowadays, If it helps someone, brilliant, Iām over the moon. If people respond by sharing a different perspective, I take the time to take it in and respect it. Even if you donāt adopt that perspective, just knowing that perspective is out there for good reasons is a good learning.
Thank you for pointing that out Cassandra! This is fixed.
For me, I genuinely enjoy it.
Iāve committed to write about community building since 2020 (via Rosieland) and itās really been the best way to help me process my thoughts, it is when I write that I find (more) clarity.
I canāt imagine not showing up to write now. Iām at almost 700 posts now!
With one lens on I take the ā1 person on the planetā approach.
As in, if I share something it might have a positive impact on at least one person on this planet. I may never meet that person or hear positive feedback yet thatās not the point. It doesnāt matter when it can have an impact on someoneās life and the lives of the people around them.
The bonus is if I get to meet that person and we can collaborate over something shared, then all the better!
I like to share my experiences to really show that anyone can do what they set out to be.
I never graduated college, I have no formal training and yet Iām the only quality architect at my place of work, leading change and altering career paths for many while introducing new techniques, practices, trainings and processes.
Sure, would have all that extra training have helped? yeah. But now I have a totally different thought process stepping into situations, and totally different view point which has really benefitted me.
So I like sharing so that others know itās attainable if you put the work in.
2 reasons
@jmosley5 In tech, your value grows when you can not only do the work but also articulate it, teach it, and shape how others understand it. Sharing what I have learned sharpens my thinking, deepens my understanding, and builds credibility
Document in public, means it travels with me and helps others too.
Sharing is how I turn what I do into something I master
The more I do, the more interesting it becomes. The feedback, the conversations, the people it brings into my orbit and that is meaningful and powerful stuff 
It would be great, if there were more testers.
I like learning by teaching.
For me there is a certain thrill to determine elmentary building blocks and building new ideas.
Source for people who like testing (and juggling)