Hi, I'm Kat!

I'm a software engineer in the PDX metro area. I also facilitate the Harmony Mindfulness Community in Vancouver, WA and volunteer as a Lead for PDX Women Coders (formerly Women Who Code PDX).

About me // Links

My blog posts

2024

• 08/9 - Career Cheat Codes for Junior Software Engineers
• 06/29 - On depth and velocity
• 01/14 - The Sirens of Titan: A Book Review

2023

• 10/16 - On layoffs and career resiliency
• 07/22 - Reflections on my first week as a software engineer
• 07/09 - Career advice from a former writer that landed an engineering role in Big Tech
• 07/09 - On having writer's block

2022

• 08/07 - Challenging experiences are a blessing
• 03/28 - My process for preparing for technical interviews
• 03/17 - How I got a return offer from my first software engineering internship
• 03/16 - Coding bootcamp or computer science post-bacc?