rachellaycock

@rachellaycock

Head of Technology for ThoughtWorks North America and public speaker on software architecture.

New York
Joined October 2008
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    28 Sep 2015

    Your job as a leader

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    May 31

    The biggest impediment to racial justice is this country is the denial of systemic and structural racism by a large portion of whites. Before Ferguson, it was somehow acceptable to say, “I don’t believe systemic or structural racism exists, yet I am not a racist.” 1/

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    Mar 8

    If you only learn one thing about today make it this: everyone's job is to help FLATTEN THE CURVE. With thanks to & for the awesome GIF. Please share far & wide.

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    12 Aug 2019

    Wanna hear a crazy story? I’m a new mom & I had protein in my urine during and after pregnancy, which is bad. A doctor told me to “lose weight” & it would go away. Didn’t want me to see me back for months. So I got a second opinion. Turns out I have bone marrow cancer. THREAD: 1/

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    24 Jun 2019

    THREAD: Today I went to the public library for the first time in a long time. A woman came up to me and asked me to help her with the computer so she could apply for a custodial job. She had gone to the organization she wanted to work at, and was told to apply online.

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  6. 26 Apr 2019

    Yup. And I’m very grateful.

    Does anyone else feel that they basically lucked into a high paying career because their interests randomly aligned with scarcity and a rapidly growing field, and that it's nowhere near as hard, or as societally valuable as what teachers, medical professionals and care-givers do?
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  7. 24 Apr 2019

    Delve into the 20th edition of the now!

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  8. Retweeted
    23 Apr 2019

    some days i feel this harder than others

    Ambitious people really only have only two options: A supportive partner, or no partner at all.
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    1 Apr 2019

    "Please have your slides completed and uploaded to the conference website 2 weeks before the event starts." You're hilarious. How about no. "Please try to finish your slides before you start speaking at your session." I'm down with that.

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    2 Apr 2019

    Hell hath no fury like some bespoke ancient enterprise architecture 😱

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    1 Mar 2019

    I plead the fifth (It was bad. Real bad.)

    If you've never caused a production outage, either you're very junior, or nobody's ever trusted you with production access. (11/13)
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    1 Mar 2019

    time to bring back a classic

    There's technical debt, then there's technical subprime mortgages with exploding balloon payments.
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    1 Mar 2019

    Eventual Consistency

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    26 Jan 2019

    “Hey Nicole, how did you...” 👇👇👇

    A new study finds that women who surround themselves with female-dominant circles are more likely to rise the ranks in their careers. This is the power of the pack in action.
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    12 Dec 2018

    Rooted in a culture of learning and sharing, ThoughtWorks has published more than 100 books on cutting edge technology, tools, and practices. Find your next read here.

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  16. 10 Dec 2018

    No time to keep up with ? Have a pragmatic look at what works at enterprises world-wide. Can it scale? Will it lock you in? Take a tour of with . Wed Dec 12 Complimentary RSVP

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    6 Dec 2018

    “It’s a bloody nightmare” Meaning: Something is proving a mild inconvenience; typically used to describe slightly heavy traffic, or the internet not working “It’s not ideal” Meaning: Something terrible has happened and life is almost certainly ruined

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    28 Nov 2018

    “Diversity in tech is much talked about & little understood. How many CTOs are women? How many people are neurodiverse? How big an impact does mental health have on the workforce? The simple answer is we don't know." Complete the UK's first to help change that!

    The & AppNexus is now live! You can take part here: Please RT. And please get involved. It really matters!
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    26 Nov 2018

    Refactoring 2nd Ed was released on informit over the weekend. Should appear on Amazon in the next week or so.

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    17 Oct 2018

    Cut through the noise to read about where business meets . Introducing Perspectives - a new publication for digital leaders from ThoughtWorks.

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    17 Oct 2018

    President doesn't have time for these 7 excuses not to vote.

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