Refactor (๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ)

Stacie Taylor, Frontend Engineer at Zapier, talks about her path to tech, work/life balance, and avoid burnout prevention. She's also part of The Collab Lab initiative, a collaborative, remote project practice for early career web developers.

Show Notes

Today, let's meet Stacie Taylor, Frontend Engineer at Zapier.

After a Bachelor of Communication, she became an International Teller at Wells Fargo, then Account Manager for Social High Rise, a small Social Media agency where she evolved as Product Manager for 3 years. Stacie then became Director of Account Management Processes for 7 years in this agency, after being hired at Zapier a year and a half from now, as Customer Champion first, then as Frontend Engineer.

She talks about her path to Tech, her life balance as a mom, The Collab Lab initiative, a collaborative, remote project practice for early career web developers. But also discrimination as a woman, how to live with the Impostor syndrome, role models and mentors, how to make tech more diverse and inclusive, how Zapier and the Silicon Valley adapted to COVID-19, her greatest achievement, her preferred languages/frameworks, the need for time off to avoid burnout, and more!

Discover her inspiring and insightful story!

What is Refactor (๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ)?

Refactor is shining light on the people that make up the tech world. Through their stories and insights, letโ€™s think about how to lean toward a more healthy, diverse and human-centric environment.