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‎src/pages/about.js

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import { OutboundLink } from 'gatsby-plugin-google-analytics';
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export default function About() {
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return (
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<Layout>
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<img src={banner} alt="Me standing on stage giving a talk" />
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<h2 style={{ fontSize: "2em" }}>About Me</h2>
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return (
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<Layout>
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<img src={banner} alt="Me standing on stage giving a talk" />
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<h2 style={{ fontSize: '2em' }}>Kylee Tilley</h2>
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<section>
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<div style={{ display: "flex", gap: "1em", alignItems: "flex-start" }}>
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<div style={{ padding: "1em", flexGrow: "1", width: "20em" }}>
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<img src={me} style={{ borderRadius: "50%", minWidth: "7em", width: "7em", height: "7em" }} alt="" />
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<section>
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<div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: '1em', alignItems: 'flex-start' }}>
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<div style={{ padding: '1em', flexGrow: '1', width: '20em' }}>
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<img
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src={me}
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style={{
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borderRadius: '50%',
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minWidth: '7em',
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width: '7em',
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height: '7em',
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}}
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alt=""
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/>
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<div>
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<h3>Links</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://mastodon.social/@testingrequired">
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Mastodon
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://github.com/testingrequired">
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Github
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://github.com/testingrequired">
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Github
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleetilley/">
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LinkedIn
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleetilley/">
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LinkedIn
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://bsky.app/profile/testingrequired.com">
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Bluesky
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://twitter.com/testingrequired">
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Twitter
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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<li>
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<OutboundLink href="https://www.youtube.com/@testingrequired">
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Youtube
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</OutboundLink>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div style={{ fontSize: '1.15em', flexGrow: '3' }}>
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<p>
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Hi there! I’m Kylee Tilley, a software engineer with over 10 years
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of professional experience. I started as a self-taught coder,
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making webpages (Geocities 😍) and writing small utilities to make
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my IT help desk job easier.
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</p>
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</div>
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<p>
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I broke into the industry as a tester at a small startup that
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frequently deployed and demoed its product to investors. This
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experience taught me how critical software quality is to the
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business—especially as I observed how development practices
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directly impacted the app's reliability. To help keep up with the
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rapid pace of development (one-week sprints), I implemented
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extensive test automation, which eventually allowed me to take on
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development work. This shift gave me more control over the quality
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of the product.
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</p>
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<div style={{ fontSize: "1.15em", flexGrow: "3" }}>
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<p>
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I'm a developer and tester with 10 years of experience delivering software in a range of environments
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(startup, enterprise, consultant) and over 25 years of experience writing code across many languages.
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I really love writing test tools.
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</p>
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<p>
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After the startup, I moved into software delivery consulting,
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bringing my experience in both development and testing. I spent my
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time pairing and mobbing with teams to implement application code
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while advocating for better testing practices—asking about
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potential test scenarios, encouraging developers to update
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end-to-end browser tests, and generally influencing how teams
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thought about testing as an integral part of development.
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</p>
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Outside of that I'm passionate about game development, music production and synthesizers.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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</section>
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<p>
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The more I worked as both a developer and tester, the more I saw a
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deep connection between good implementation design and
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testability. My "tester spidey sense" would tingle during story
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refinement or while pairing on a feature. I had learned through
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experience—often painful experience—how certain design decisions
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could create testing headaches. Over time, I developed a strong
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intuition for spotting trouble before it happened, and my
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technical background allowed me to address it effectively. Being
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able to wear both hats at the same time turned out to be a major
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superpower.
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</p>
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<section style={{ marginLeft: "1em", fontSize: "1.15em" }}>
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<p>
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Over my career, I've worked across multiple industries, helping
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organizations design and build greenfield applications, modernize
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legacy systems, optimize workflows, and establish best practices
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in development, testing, and delivery. My expertise spans the
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entire software lifecycle—from early product discussions to
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defining robust testing strategies, building automation
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frameworks, and mentoring teams on implementing scalable,
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testable, maintainable software.
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</p>
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</section>
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</Layout>
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);
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<p>
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Outside of work, I love writing test tools, game development,
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cooking, and synthesizers. I love to learn new things, so this
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list is constantly growing.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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</section>
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<section style={{ marginLeft: '1em', fontSize: '1.15em' }}></section>
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</Layout>
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);
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