Laura Meerkatz

One of the things I learned through out my career is that it is relatively easy to say smart things in a meeting. It’s harder to make those smart things real. The hardest thing is making your smart ideas feel like everyone’s idea. Your idea isn’t great until it’s bigger than you.

If wages had kept pace with productivity gains since 1968, the current minimum wage would be more than $24 an hour. That’s today. Not 5 years from now. Today.

I tried to get her to pose with Lionheart Astro and she promptly tried to eat them.

Because I’m feeling extra this year, may I present: Clover as Barker Harris, Lightning Dog.

@beet_the_system Yessssss. So good.

who else has read Her Body and Other Parties and wants to gush with me? Just turned the last page this AM. what a tour de force.

@BRCTweets I came across this passage the other day that made me feel better though not great. From "Burnout" by Emily Nagoski, which is definitely worth reading.

There’s a long history in the US of abusing scripture to advance the causes of bigotry & discrimination. Slaveholders did it. Segregationists did it. White supremacists do it. And it continues. Yet if Christ repeated himself today, they’d likely denounce him as a radical, too.

@KalmanSweetwine @SalesforceOrg @salesforce I just did the same thing after a decade in the ecosystem. Something in the air?

After 10 yrs of working with Nonprofits and @SalesforceOrg @salesforce - I thought it was time to secure the Nonprofit Cloud Consultant Cert. Love me some #NPSP!

@c13moore Not as bad as integration. The trailmix definitely helped!

@meerkatz Congratulations. How was it? That is my next exam.

One more down. #JourneyToCTA

Why is my job a #dreamjob? There are many reasons, but the biggest is working with an incredible team from diverse backgrounds. Want to see what I mean? Check out this post by @jess_ingrass, Director of QE @SalesforceOrg, on the @SalesforceEng blog: engineering.salesforce.com/tackle-new-cha…

Shout out to @natalyamurphy and @ArchLadies for sharing recordings of your study sessions. <3

Hell yes.

Are you a Salesforce dev fascinated by packaging and distribution with tools like #sfdx and #CumulusCI OR are you a Python dev experienced in devOps looking to learn #Salesforce? Join my team supporting our Nonprofit & Education product dev teams #Dreamjob salesforce.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

If you write custom Lightning components, please take the Get Started with Web Accessibility trail on @trailhead. It doesn't take long, and it could make a huge difference in someone's ability to use your component: trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/lea…

@dylanw Okay but like *which* burr grinder? There are levels.

@dillyh I've been recommending The Phoenix Project in hopes of finding someone to geek out about it with me. I never expected to feel so emotionally invested in a fictional IT project!