outline.md

1. Accepting Your Success
2. Introduction
   1. Who am I?
      1. Organizer of NYC Python
      2. Co-maintainer of ppb
      3. Speaker at PyGotham
3. Defining Success
   1. Societal Expectation
      1. Money
      2. Fame
      3. Prestige
         1. Keynoting
   2. Personal definitions
      1. Publishing
      2. Writing something meaningful
      3. Maybe work on a Star Wars story one day?
4. My Story
   1. Quote - AS Life Stories
      1. Mine is no exception.
      2. False starts/alternative careers
   2. I'm going to be a writer
      1. Writing groups
      2. "Aspiring Writer"
      3. Editing
   3. I'm going to run a business one day
      1. Business school
      2. Still working on publishing
   4. Failure: Quitting writing
      1. Doing it for my mental health.
      2. At this point, I'd be working on it for 15 years.
   5. Failure: Absolutely zero business prospects
      1. I realized I enjoyed the space between business and tech
         1. (Business Analyst)
      2. But management maybe wasn't for me?
   6. A new path: Learning Python
   7. Time skip
      1. Speaking (4 other PyGothams!)
      2. Fun jobs (Star Wars Card Trader)
      3. Community organizing
   8. PursuedPyBear
   9. Publishing contract
5. Transition
   1. Childhood goals
      1. Not how I imagined
         1. Star Wars Card Trader
         2. PursuedPyBear
         3. Publishing contract
      2. But I am a woman I would have looked up to, and that's enough.
6. Lifting Others
   1. Quote - JP
   2. Acknowledge the people who helped me get where I am
   3. Quote AS Everyone has something to contribute
   4. Challenge the audience: Help those around you reach their own definitions of success.