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Ep. 126 C# Saved My Life with Luce Carter

Luce Carter shares details of her journey to becoming a highly successful Conference Speaker, and Developer Advocate. You may find it surprising to learn that someone on the Autistic Spectrum and who was diagnosed with ADHD has managed to become so successful in this role. She attributes the kindness of friends in the tech community who introduced her to programming and specifically C#.


Conversation Highlights

  • [1:50] Luce Introduction
  • [2:54] Luce talks about her specialization on the Developer Relations Team
  • [4:14] Luce previously worked as a Developer and in QA
  • [7:24] Luce credits learning C# as saving her life
  • [12:09] What Luce wishes others knew about Autism
  • [16:27] Luce explains the "spoons" theory
  • [18:00] Luce talks about AD/HD and Imposter Syndrome
  • [21:37] Luce talks about the book she's writing
  • [25:17] Luce gives advice


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