# Trisha Gee: Developers Should Invest More Time Into Learning Their Tools

EP-051 | April 20, 2020 | 42:07




Robby speaks with Trisha Gee, Developer Advocate at JetBrains. They discuss Trisha's role as a Developer Advocate, how open source library maintainers are underappreciated, and how developers can overcome their fear of writing, speaking, and contributing back to the community.





## Show Notes

Robby speaks with Trisha Gee, Developer Advocate at JetBrains. They discuss Trisha's role as a Developer Advocate, how open source library maintainers are underappreciated, and how developers can overcome their fear of writing, speaking, and contributing back to the community.

## Helpful Links

- Follow Trisha [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/trisha_gee)
- [Trisha's blog](https://trishagee.github.io/)
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/)
- [RubyMind](https://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/)
- [Book] [97 Things Every Programmer Should Know](https://www.amazon.com/Things-Every-Programmer-Should-Know/dp/0596809484)
- [Book] [Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/programmed-inequality) by Mar Hicks

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