Meet Kayt
Registrar @ Turing
She's just this girl, y'know?
- Born in Virginia, grew up in Massachusetts & North Carolina
- Half English (mom), Half American (dad)
- Eldest of three - two younger brothers
- Taught myself to read at 3 1/2 and was precocious af in grade school
- Have degrees from North Carolina State University (BA, MA history) & Baylor University (MA museum studies)
- Started in the museum field but then pivoted to technical writing
- Have worked in the code school space for 7 years
- Current stats, 22 moves in 22 years
Who Am I?
It's Turing's Suburban London Office!
TL; DR
- INTJ, 'Architect'
- Living with Mental Illness (GAD, MDD, PTSD)
- Always trying to get the most out of my 'spoons'
- Enjoy defying convention
- Unrepentant band dork, history nerd, geek girl
The Quick Overview
A Kayt in the Wild
(me @ work)
Strengths
- Can be left unsupervised
- Enjoys data entry and fun with Excel
- Adaptable
Weaknesses
- Can get possessive of projects
- Often needs time to process
- People pleaser
Doing My Best Work
- Feedback is an area of opportunity for me
- Specific, Actionable & Kind
- Please don't say 'can we talk?' 'do you have a minute?'
Stressed? Me?
- I'll probably just tell you
Giving Feedback
- Clear goals, tasks & deadlines
- Space
Favo(u)rites*
Books:
- Nearly anything by Georgette Heyer
- The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley
- The World We Have Lost, Peter Laslett
- Ralph Tailor's Summer: A Scrivener, His City and the Plague, Keith Wrightson
- Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor
- Legendborn, Tracy Deonn
*current as of this writing
Favo(u)rites*
Movies:
- Persuasion (1996)
- Amadeus
- Hot Fuzz
- Clue
- Palm Springs
*current as of this writing
Favo(u)rites*
Activities:
- Wandering
- Looking at architecture
- Cross stitch
- Video games
- Writing
- Reading
- Playing with gadgets
*current as of this writing
Fun Facts
- I have sung at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center
- I've been published in an anthology of (then) recent research in museum studies
- I once sold an external hard drive to Clay Aiken
