Front-end architect and speaker Mina Markham is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Mina discusses her career path, her work at as a senior engineer at Slack, how she came to create the Hillary Clinton UI pattern library “Pantsuit,” her time at IBM, helping others and inviting women of color into STEM fields, becoming a public speaker in spite of deep introversion, a recent South African safari, air travel, conferences, the joys of visiting Italy, and more. Enjoy a relaxed and illuminating glimpse into the life of a private and highly creative person.

Links for this episode:

• Mina Markham, Developer
  
• Mina Markham on Twitter (@minamarkham)
  
• Mina Markham on GitHub
  
• Mina Markham on Linkedin
  
• Sassy Starter
  
• Front Porch Conference
  
• Slack
  
• Slack on Twitter
  
• Mina’s story
  
• Building Pantsuit – the Hanselminutes Podcast by Scott Hanselman
  
• Black Girls Who Code
  
• Girl Develop It
  

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