Bekah Hawrot Weigel
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Contributing to open source is your secret weapon to becoming a coding superhero, both for yourself and your company. Let’s bust common myths holding you back and reveal the powers you unlock through open source: growing new skills, leading communities, boosting your career, and elevating your company. So, step into your cape, grab your keyboard, and get ready to fly through this lightning talk on open source superpowers.
Bekah graduated from the Flatiron School Software Engineering program in May of 2019 and since then has spent time as a frontend developer, started the Virtual Coffee tech community, and spent time in DevRel. She currently moms her four kids, co-hosts the Virtual Coffee and Compressed.fm podcasts, works as the Developer Experience Lead at OpenSauced, and lifts heavy things in her free time.
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