{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The District Nerd","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.thedistrictnerd.com","author_name":"Adrienne","author_url":"https:\/\/www.thedistrictnerd.com\/index.php\/author\/aehellar2\/","title":"Wanna Know A Secret? - The District Nerd","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XtkgEocAc8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedistrictnerd.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/wanna-know-secret\/\">Wanna Know A Secret?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedistrictnerd.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/wanna-know-secret\/embed\/#?secret=XtkgEocAc8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Wanna Know A Secret?&#8221; &#8212; The District Nerd\" data-secret=\"XtkgEocAc8\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.thedistrictnerd.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.thedistrictnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Great-news.png","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":800,"description":"Dear readers, It&#8217;s been a long time. You might have thought I dropped The District Nerd (TDN) or moved on. Nope! Not the case. In fact, it is kind of TDN\u2019s fault that I have been absent because it inspired me to change careers. When I started TDN, I was working in finance. A good job at a good company. I enjoyed my coworkers and I had an open relationship with my supervisor. A pretty great situation, but it was never my dream. My dream, since I was a kid, has been to start my own company. While narrowing my focus for TDN I realized that the best way for me to combine my love of technology, desire to help build my community and start my own business was to start a software company. But not just any company, I want to create a company that provides opportunities for women and minorities in technology. Next was the question of how. Starting a software company is one thing, but I don\u2019t want to just hire developers. I want to be a developer, too. I applied and was accepted to a coding bootcamp (for legal reasons I won&#8217;t mention which). The program [&hellip;]"}