Lisa Yoder

Category: quit your day job

  • Yes to One Thing, No to Ten

    In April, when I spoke at the Women in Tech Summit, the panel moderator asked us all what we’d do if we weren’t afraid. The first thing that came to my mind was that I’d say no more. At the time, it seemed like such a novel and revolutionary and original idea. I said something…

  • Iceland: Everyone’s an artist

    On our last night in Reykjavik, we decided to make friends with a really sweet bartender at the famous Kaffibarinn after ordering the cursory shot of Brennivin. He told us that everyone in Iceland is a bartender, because everyone is also either a photographer, musician, or artist and tends bar to pay rent. We asked which…

  • Decision-Making 101: That time we almost moved to Iceland

    Ever since 2012, when Chad and I decided to go to Iceland (kind of on a whim, but also because of Sigur Ros music videos) because it was cheaper than going to Spain, we’ve been more than a little preoccupied with the thought of going back and staying there. For awhile. Like a year. I…

  • Introducing Tiny Fireworks

    I’ve finally put together a site for my independent web development work, Tiny Fireworks! Sure, I’ve been on GitHub for awhile now, but for designers who are looking for a developer to work with, it’s nicer to see exactly what I’ve worked on. I forced a deadline on getting this done by getting the url…

  • The cat is out of the proverbial bag…

    …thanks to this Technically Philly article about me and a bunch of my friends. So here’s the deal: I’ll be starting as a junior front-end web developer on Urban Outfitters’ ecommerce team on February 10. I’m incredibly excited to learn from the team I’ll be working with and continue to grow as a developer. None…

  • On Catching Customers

    Like I said last week, I’m incredibly grateful to be working with some really great people on some really fun development projects. This year has been all about mentally preparing to ramp up freelance work and/or getting a full time job in web development. Just the other day, someone asked me if I was taking…