Lara Schenck
Lover of programming, maker of monsters
Category: Research
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What is Middle-Skill Computing Work?
Middle-skill computing work is an emerging theme in my research to describe the kinds of work and jobs in computing that are not always considered “computing jobs”. Doing this work doesn’t require theoretical CS knowledge, and the jobs tend to be in $40-100k USD salary range. I think “middle-skill computing work” has significant promise for…
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From Data Work to Data Science: Getting Past the Gatekeepers (ICER 2023)
This post outlines my lightning talk and poster for the 2023 International Computing Education Research conference. It’s a nice update regarding where my research is headed and what I’m working on lately.
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Cultural Gatekeeping in Computing and Broadening Pathways to Computing Careers
In my research into broadening pathways to computing careers, I’ve been exploring how “cultural gatekeeping in computing” perpetuates stereotypes about computing, making non-traditional pathways harder to follow.
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A relatively informal talk about my research direction so far
A working title…Broadening Participation in Computing Through Broadening Computing: Adults Learning Computer Science Through Computational Work
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Maybe this series is a zine #6 (3-1)
3 projects I am working on now, 1 thing that might be a failure
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Weekly Wanderings #4 (1-1-3)
1 thing that has been hard, 1 insight/connection to my past, 3 things I been using for pro-active time tracking
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Little Listicles #3 (1-1)
1 major thing I learned, 1 insight/early idea
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Workplace Learning (Cursory Literature Review)
An initial review and cursory categorization of workplace learning literature.
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Daemons and Evi Nemeth
I learned about daemons in a mindfulness course, and recognized the term from computing. This led me to learn about the matriarch of system administration, Evi Nemeth.
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Race Critical Code Studies reading list from Ruha Benjamin
A reading list on critical race theory and technology that professor Ruha Benjamin recommended in an author talk. This post is a large collection of links and specific quote from the talk.
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Idea: Desugared Design Systems
I learned about the concept of desugaring from a lecture on programming languages, and I wonder how that would apply to design systems.
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Twitter thread as blog post: Thoughts on how we write CSS
(Warning: thought-leadery post) Problems with CSS are not a result of flaws in CSS. The problem is how we write CSS.
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Does the "continuous" in Continuous Integration come from continuous mathematics?
A quick post about realizing an intersection between my existing knowledge and something new I am learning. Well, maybe they are both new things.
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Twitter thread as blog post about "We Are Programmers"
I had a lot of impassioned thoughts while on a run today and decided to bang out this Twitter-thread-blog-post instead of letting them die a slow, silent death, alone in my brain, as they often do.