Amanda Harlin

professional developer

personal whoami

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I never thought I'd be a developer. That was for my smart guy friends.

Fortunately Jesse came into my life and changed all that.

He encouraged me to pursue programming. He'd debug my code as I cried alongide him, then he'd teach some more.

Now I spend my time organizing Thunder Plains Conference, helping with okcjs (the Oklahoma City JavaScript group) and teaching women to code at Nerdy Girls Code Club.

Dev Backstory

    2015
  • Speaker - OKCJS - Jan
  • Consultant - Full Stack JS - May
  • Attendee - JS Conf - May
  • Speaker - Code Club - Jun
  • Attendee - KCDC - Jun
  • Panelist - OK C# - Jul
  • Speaker - NE JS Conf - Aug
  • Organizer - OKCJS
  • Organizer - Code Club
  • Organizer - Thunder Plains - Nov
    2014
  • Organizer - OKCJS
  • Organizer - Code Club
  • Attendee - Fluent Conf - Mar
  • CoFounder - The Techlahoma Foundation - Apr
  • Speaker - Open Beta - May
  • Attendee - JSConf - May
  • Organizer - OSS Hackathon - Jul
  • Organizer/Supporter - OU iBeacons Hackathon - Sept
  • Organizer - Thunder Plains - Oct
  • Comic Con Panelist - Tulsa - Nov
    2013
  • Volunteer/Organizer - OKCDG
  • Organizer - OKCJS
  • Coded First Video Game - Wrote in 3 weeks - May
  • Graduated - OSUOKC - May
  • Volunteer - 200OK - Sept
  • New Job (java, js, aem, cq5) - OU - Oct
  • Organizer - Thunder Plains - Oct
    2012
  • Community Manager - the 404 - June
  • Committee Member - SQL Saturday - Aug
  • Co-founder - Nerdy Girls Code Club - Aug
  • Married - Jesse Harlin - Oct
    2011
  • Volunteer - OKC SharePoint - Feb
  • Left Job - SecurAmerica/Dell - Feb
  • Began CIS Program - OSUOKC - Feb
  • Received Scholarships - Honor Roll first time ever - June
  • Committee Member - SQL Saturday - June
  • Volunteer - RedDirt.js - Nov
    2010
  • Security Guard - Dell - March
  • First Apartment - No money, more difficulties - April
  • Met Jesse - Future Hubs - April
  • Attendee - First Tech Conference - Nov
    2009
  • Graduated with 2 jobs - Westmoore High School (online program)

Developer

I'm a full stack JavaScript developer and consultant.

Prior positions involved Angular at startups
and Java, Ext.js, jQuery, JS for AEM+CQ5 CMS.

Community

I co-founded and serve as secretary for the Techlahoma Foundation,
a tech-focused 501(c)3 organization.

Advancing Oklahoma's grassroots technology community is our non-profit's mission.

Techlahoma community work includes mentoring user groups,
learning from community leaders, & volunteering at conferences in Oklahoma.

My pride & joy is community work, like organizing Thunder Plains,
teaching at Nerdy Girls Code Club & helping with okcjs.

Fun

I love making silly & peaceful video games.

My current projects are comprised of Ionic & Angular.js.

I'm also speaking at conferences and interviewing on podcasts. Fun stuff!!

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