PodcastHead First
[ep 5] The Shift
For a long time in tech, being smart enough was the whole job. In the first episode of a new series, I talk about why that's not true anymore, and it's not because the industry got nicer. It's because of AI.
Speaker. Engineer. Lifelong learner.
Hi, I’m Darian.
I used to shrink. Then I built systems, found my voice, and learned the audacity to ask for everything I deserve. You deserve that too — let's find your voice together.
Who am I?
I speak.
On stages for developers, in rooms full of women who are done playing small. I want my words to land.
I build.
Software, systems, tools that reduce the weight of thinking so you can do the work that actually matters.
I learn obsessively.
Then I synthesize. The best ideas I've found don't stay in the book, they end up in your hands.
Speaking
Home Depot — HomerCon - Lightning
Reducing Cognitive Overhead via AI
Personal systems for managing information load. How intentional tooling frees up capacity for the work that actually matters.
Atlanta, GA
> 70
people
Women Who Code - Keynote
UpcomingAI to Understand Codebases & GitHub
Practical AI techniques that cut the cognitive overhead of navigating unfamiliar codebases — useful at every experience level.
Atlanta, GA
+500
people
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[ep 4] After New York
Content note: this episode briefly touches on domestic abuse. I walked off that stage in New York and knew something had shifted. The mic wasn't working. I had technical issues within the first five minutes. And I belted it from my chest anyway.
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[ep 3] Before New York
In episode one I said the Women Who Code talk hadn't started. June 2nd, I'm on a stage in New York City. This episode is what happened in between — how I built the talk, what prep actually looks like when the tech you're talking about won't sit still, and why getting selected still felt like a scam at first.