Dec 24, 2019All I want for Christmas…It’s been 270 days ago that I submitted my request to officially change my name and gender marker, but there is no hope in sight that my request will be processed anytime soon. As an otherwise passing trans woman it’s a constant source of frustration for me. It’s been little…Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
Published in Lean Poker·Aug 11, 2019Member-onlyWhat transitioning from male to female taught me about leadershipThis last 18 months has been quite a ride for me. I’ve been struggling with gender dysphoria (a debilitating sense of disconnect from the gender assigned to someone at birth) for decades, but it took me until not so long ago to realize what it was, and how it could…Transgender17 min readTransgender17 min read
Published in Lean Poker·Apr 21, 2019You can be a software developer tooMy purpose with this post it not to make a case about why you should become a developer (or if you should become one at all), I will do that another time. I’m here, because a lot of people have asked me how. One way of course would be to…Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Published in Emarsys Craftlab·May 15, 2018Deep learning for mere mortalsDeep learning has been on the news for quite a while, and it has ushered in an era of innovation. We have seen incredible results in the field of computer vision, natural language processing, self-driving vehicles, robotics, and even game AIs. This new technology may seem like sorcery, but at…Machine Learning7 min readMachine Learning7 min read
Published in Emarsys Craftlab·Mar 21, 2018Bootcamp: protecting the engineering culture during hyper growthThe engineering culture of a company might be the key to it’s success, yet as hyper growth kicks in it becomes hard to keep it while doubling the number of engineers every year. So the question becomes: is there a way to protect the culture, and if so, how? Why did we start a bootcamp? At…Growth7 min readGrowth7 min read
Published in Lean Poker·Jan 15, 2018The method of explorationIn a previous blog post I talked about the importance of being aware of the risks of software development. One of the points I made was that whenever software developers do anything worth their time and effort they are roaming on uncharted territories. Whatever has been done before is simply…Lean Startup6 min readLean Startup6 min read
Published in Lean Poker·Jan 12, 2018Why I decided to run an online Lean Poker eventFor those of you who haven’t been following along, Lean Poker is a coding challenge where teams are developing simple poker playing bots. The catch is, that the bots start playing before people even started coding and keep playing all day long. The challenge is in delivering value quickly and…Business Development2 min readBusiness Development2 min read
Published in Lean Poker·Jan 12, 2018How playing poker can teach you lean and continuous deliveryLast Saturday we had the first ever Lean Poker Tournament, an event much like a code retreat, but with a slightly different format and purpose. A lean poker tournament’s aim is for participants to practice concepts related to lean start ups and continuous deployment. A poker team is a small…Continuous Delivery6 min readContinuous Delivery6 min read
Aug 15, 2017The Google memo is not ‘science’ and here is why.Okay… let me rephrase that in a slightly less clickbaity manner: there are two fundamental problems with James Damore’s memo. One is a mistake in its reasoning that disqualifies it from being called science. …Agile5 min readAgile5 min read
Published in Emarsys Craftlab·Jun 15, 2017The method of explorationIn a previous blog post I talked about the importance of being aware of the risks of software development. One of the points I made was that whenever software developers do anything worth their time and effort they are roaming on uncharted territories. Whatever has been done before is simply…Lean Startup6 min readLean Startup6 min read
