Beth (Beza) Meeker

Beth (Beza) Meeker @middledev

About: Mid-life career changer. Mid-level dev. Midwest living.

Location:
Joplin, Missouri
Joined:
Jan 4, 2021

Beth (Beza) Meeker
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Reframing when I hit that wall...

Decoding the Crash Beth (Beza) Meeker ・ May 28 ...

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Decoding the Crash

My brain only has two gears — obsession and avoidance. When I’m inspired, I can be motivated almost...

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Building clarity amidst chaos...

From English Major to Developer: Why Clean Code Is About...

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🌍 We’re not just moving — we’re shifting our lives.

Exit Strategy: Year 1 of Our Plan to Move Abroad Beth...

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Exit Strategy: Year 1 of Our Plan to Move Abroad

Note: This is the first post in a series about two Americans working in tech and planning a move...

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The Guilt of Doing Better

A big thing I struggled with after changing careers was the idea of "doing better." My entire life...

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From English Major to Developer: Why Clean Code Is About Telling a Clear Story

Before I was a developer, I was an English major. I cared about how sentences flowed, how meaning was...

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👉 Gathering Magic: How .reduce() is JavaScript Alchemy

Is this really a dev blog if I don't post about .reduce()?! When I moved into ES6 iterator methods,...

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Feeling at Home in a Different Culture

I’ve been casually learning Polish for a handful of years now — mostly because I want to communicate...

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The Time this Broke My Brain

When I was first learning JavaScript in Turing's Mod 1, I felt like I was making real progress. I...

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Starting Over at 40: What I Got Right (and Wrong)

At 39, after nearly two decades in trucking operations, I made the decision to switch careers by 40....

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Why I Call Myself the Middle Dev

From Load Planning to Learning JavaScript Hi, I’m Beth — a 43-year-old former load planner...

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