At my first developer role I was pretty much beginning to get on a react native project. They were pretty much telling me they didn't trust that I can be valuable on that project. So at my desk I made a react native app for a gaming community that ended up getting over 30k users
Tech Twitter: Tell me about a time someone underestimated or dismissed you and what amazing things you’ve gone on to do since then?
RT for reach if y’all want a bunch of victory stories 
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Damn I just realized there's a typo here T_T Begging* Not beginning
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My parents told me I needed to marry rich to survive. My decade-long impactful career where I've often been the sole source of income seems to prove them wrong.
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Probably a bit of a different answer, but I think it counts!
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Every day Everything I’ve achieved in my career* *I want a possible exaggeration star here, but I am tired & it’s been hard work so f that actually
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Comments when I joined my new department (CS PhD) from staff scoffing @ me ('You'd better be good') - dunno if it was a feminine woman thing or a non-technical background thing (originally a psychologist). Since then have designed & programmed my complex agent sim from scratch!
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Very inspiring
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Two months ago one of my contracts was terminated early, *after* they negotiated a substantially discounted rate. Anyways, the day rate of my current contract is 2x what the previous one was and I’m thriving here, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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CEO at the ISP I worked at in the mid-90s told me that I would never amount to anything in tech and stick to what I was good at - customer support... all because I wouldn't buy into his BS about the company and where it was going. [1/2]
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Jokes on him of course as he would go onto failed startups, and I would build a successful tech career without a degree working at the largest tech companies in the area on their IT teams doing sysadmin, databases, networking, development, etc. And now DevRel. Thanks Chuck! [2/2]
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