Optimizing your experience
My name is Clarice Bouwer and I am a Software Engineering Team Lead working in the Financial Services Industry at Cloudsure Limited in Mauritius (born in South Africa)
I obsess over Clojure(Script), Gatsby and Git 
Moments after conquering the stage (I was merely pressing the next button on the slides), Amit turning our ideas and project into an applause.
Written in 2018 on the OfferZen blog, I shared what I learned about the Chrome DevTools which could help fix and enhance front-end bugs during web development.
A thumbnail from my article published on OfferZen: A feature in the Chrome DevTools
Viva Republic and I got together with the GirlCodeteam to talk about our experiences of Imposter Syndrome. Although the podcast was never released, we sure had a lot of fun making it.
Being interviewed on the GirlCode podcast
Produced in 2017, I was interviewed by Chantal and Kenneth on the ZADevChat podcast. We discussed imposter syndrome, what it is and how to overcome it.
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Inspired by Scott Hanselman’s “I’m a phony. Are you?” post, I wrote up my own experiences with feeling like an imposter.
Aired on Episode 67 of the ZADevChat Podcast
Produced in 2017 on the Developer on Firepodcast, I discussed collaboration, empathy, fear, and being an impostor with Dave Rael.
Aired on Episode 67 of the ZADevChat Podcast
I spoke at Rubyfuza 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa about how Imposter Syndrome impacts my day-to-day decisions and confidence, affects growth by limiting opportunities and makes me feel unworthy. I wanted to share my experience & perspective of feeling like a fraud with other software professionals.
A presentation slide of my talk at Rubyfuza
Written in 2016 on my blog curious programmer, I explore different factors of self-doubt, uncertainty, comparison to others, and more, that contribute to a toxic feeling of being an imposter: feeling like a fraud. This can affect personal growth and productivity in the workplace.
Pensive woman looking out a window at the rain
In 2016 I was published on the A List Apart website where I share my career experience six years in and discuss the changes I would have made to improve my experience as a software developer.
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