I'm a female computer engineer working for a giant tech company in a suburban town in Northern California many miles from her college and home towns. That sentence is full of information. I'll explain.
- female - I am the driven, goal-orientated girl mentioned in the above paragraph who has most of her shit together and knows what she wants.
- computer engineer - I am a nerd, I've played on computers since elementary school. I taught myself HTML (I know you're laughing because it's just a markup language and not a real programming language but that's okay) in 24 hours (well the book said 24 hours but which I skimmed in about a day) and started creating my own websites at age 13. I learned C++ in high school, along with Pascal, Visual Basic, Java, and some random language used to control robot paths.
- giant tech company - I work with a bunch of (mostly male) nerds!!! They are my co-workers, they are my managers. I have plenty of experience in awkward social interactions.
- suburban town - This place lacks pretty much anything entertainment-wise for twenty-somethings. It is very family-oriented, and as my manager says, "old and married."
- many miles from college/home - I knew pretty much no one when I moved here a year ago. I still don't know that many people, and since my hobbies are more mature (I ride/run with older peoples) it's really hard to meet people my own age, especially guys. So I've had to turn to online dating. Which leaves me with a plethora of stories to share and the lessons I have learned.
And to prove I'm a nerd? I really like the URL for this blog. 2 and 4. There are so many ways to fiddle with those numbers. And that makes me happy.
hello.
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