Julie Cameron

Girl Develop It Ann Arbor Chapter Leaders and Organizersat the 2-Year Anniversary Fundraiser There’s a tendency to begin posts like this with the phrase, “with a heavy heart,” but to start out that way today wouldn’t be the truth. My heart is not heavy, but rather light, and open, and inviting, and free. And so […]

Wow. So, last week was CodeMash – every MidWesterners favorite tech conference. Back in the fall, I submitted 4 talks to the CFP. Much to my surprise, they accepted 3 of them – an 8-hour “Precompiler” workshop, and 2 1-hour talks. Well, IMHO, I kicked ass in all three of them – especially my new […]

Well, it’s the first day of 2015 and that means it’s time to reflect on the last year and set some goals for the new one! 2014 was a year of significant professional growth for me. It was a lot of hard work, maybe more than I wanted to bear at some points, but I’m […]

Look at that. Just spend a second to take that all in. Those are the women of the Ann Arbor tech community. A segment of the population that we had no idea existed to such an extent until now. Until Girl Develop It pulled them all together for a night of excitement and celebration. Just… […]

My second interview ever is up! This one is with the folks over at WordCamp Chicago leading up to their event next weekend. I’ll be speaking during the final slot on Sunday… It’s a good thing my talk is kinda funny! Maybe I should put a bowl of candy by the door, too. Oh! Bonus […]

I was recently interviewed by Jeremy Allen from MLive / the Ann Arbor News regarding gender disparity in the tech fields of Ann Arbor. The secret to my success is finally out: boy bands. Deal with it. Check it out! Gender disparity: Women severely underrepresented in tech fields in Ann Arbor area

This year I was fortunate enough to be able to attend RailsConf for the first time in my ~7 years of on-and-off Rails development. It was an awesome experience overall, especially because I was joined by 13 of my remote, Articulate teammates! Articulate Co-Working Space Since the conference started on Tuesday, we decided to arrange […]

Yes! Girl Develop It is coming to Ann Arbor! Inspired by the success of the Girl Develop It Detroit chapter, myself and Ronda Bergman – a long time developer and president of the Ann Arbor chapter of Association for Women in Computing, are co-founding this chapter in hopes of creating a thriving community of women […]