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Allison is a developer in the Washington DC area. She is a non-profit executive turned developer. She helps organize the RubyConf and RailsConf Scholar Program. She organizes a local meetup call Silver Spring Ruby. She works at Collective Idea.

The Rogues talk to Allison about being a mom in coding and work-life balance.  They also talk about transitioning from non-profits to coding. 

This episode goes into depth on:


Prioritizing your family and still having a great career
Goal setting, focus, and growth
Team collaboration
Contributing to open source
and much, much more...


Links:


Delayed Job
Allison's Blog
Baby Driven Development talk
Rails Girls
Ruby Dev Summit
RSpec
Minitest
RailsCasts
Interactor Gem
Leah Silber from Tilde tweet
Tilde article on Baby at Work
Mother Coders
RailsBridge
Allison on Twitter


Picks:

Eric:


Gallup Strengths Test
Metabase


Allison:


Sticky Note Game by TableXI
WriteSpeakCode
Ruby Jewel
Crystal DISC Assessment


Dave


Rails Guides

Special Guest: Allison McMillan.