Let's do this! #introduction!

I'm Staren, I'm 37, I'm trans, I've known that last one for a year and a half, I'm still learning a lot about myself!

I like coding but I've been too much of an ADHD disaster to get much done. I hope to make videogames one day!

I like online RP (MU*s), tabletop RPGs, anime, genderbending stories, speculative fiction, videogames, programming, game design, ethics, genderbending fiction, mecha, lewd art and manga and sometimes words, did you know capitalism and bad people in power are the root of all society's ills, science, I have a cat, did I mention I like gender-bending fiction

Even before 𝘐 identified as trans, I thought trans coders/hackers were the coolest people on bird site; this community sounds like a cool, comfy place to make one of my new homes on Mastodon.

I'm gonna take a look around, I look forward to hanging out with you all!

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I am not sure how to advise with regard to jobs, but I will have a go:

1. Keep it positive, you said your ADHD makes programming harder, but you like game design, so perhaps take a look at some other roles that fall within the development process.

2. I know the Godot game engine people are here @godotengine so maybe follow them as there may be people who can advise or offer help.

3. Follow tags like may seem obvious, but sometimes the simple things get overlooked.
What coding skills do you have, make a list and see if you can follow those tags too. If an employer is looking for those skills, then any posts should appear in your timeline.

4. Trunk communitywiki.org/trunk is a sort of directly thing that lists topics so there may be people or topics you can follow. @kensanata@octodon.social is one of the admins.

5. The Trans comminity should be supportive, maybe @TransRadioUK can help you reach out. They will certainly be more able to help you break down the barriers that get put between community members gaining employment.

6. With employment, I think there are more options post pandemic, certainly remote working has become more of a thing, but you may still, at times need to meet face to face with people.

7. Another tip is keep learning, share what you are learning how you are getting on, ask and answer questions. This demonstrates that you are open to learning, improving skills and serious. it also hopefully gets you noticed.

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