Talking about struggles is really hard. It requires vulnerability and honesty, which is not easy when you don’t like yourself and believe you haven’t changed from your past self. You end up telling yourself you struggle because you deserve it due to past actions, and the world reinforces this belief by hating you for who…

There have been many points in my professional life where I was stuck struggling on a simple issue for weeks or months. I even have a fun fact on my GitHub profile about the one time I spent a couple hours fixing a syntax error. Struggling is just a part of getting better at a…

Hi, I am Sophiellie. I’m a geeky trans woman from Romania. During my Outreachy internship, I’ll be blogging about my experiences and potentially other unique ideas I have like discussing Pokémon GO from a tourism perspective (YES, I studied tourism in high school and will put it to good use), talking about pride, or whatever…