{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Becky Sweger","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/bsweger","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1699312","username":"bsweger","bio":"I’m a technical leader and software engineer who specializes in designing, building, and shipping data-centric applications.\n\nI'm currently a data engineering lead at New America's New Practice Lab, working to improve the delivery of benefits that impact families with young children.\n\nI've also recently worked in academia as a research engineer in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology department of the UMass School of Public Health & Health Sciences.\n\nBefore returning to academia, I spent almost six years as a principal data engineer at Trello (Atlassian) and held an appointment at 18F, a government-embedded startup created under the Obama administration. There, I led the technical implementation of the United States first open data law.\n\nA twenty-five year tech veteran, I’ve held leadership positions in higher education, healthcare, and the non-profit sectors.","pronouns":"she/her","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Becky Sweger","url":"https://bsweger.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/52/1699312.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"60790261","content_html":"

@bendystraw.bsky.social FWIW this blog entry is about Donald Rumsfeld, not the current Donald.

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“So we’re ridin on down the road in our Cross Country Journey of Inner Discovery and Of Course the American Dream when Donald Rumsfeld hits a moose…”

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For maximum effect, read this story in the voice of Arlo Guthrie

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@yoz.bsky.social Hi

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@nicolemwolverton.bsky.social Why are they taking it all the way to Florida instead of sinking it next to the Hooters boat?

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@blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social You can try usaspending.gov, which can search grants (and contracts, too) by location. But note that many grant programs funded by the federal government are administered by states, so the website isn’t able to track that money beyond the state level

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@mkramer.bsky.social This is the winter we’ll make a Deeper ‘n Ever pie 🥔🥧

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The technical debt of a thousand paper cuts: beckysweger.com

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There's more to tech than startups and large software companies: beckysweger.com

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Review: Machine Learning Engineering With Python: beckysweger.com

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We named our data warehouse after a bacteria: beckysweger.com

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Tech hiring: the streetlight effect: beckysweger.com

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