Valerie Phoenix
@digitalblkhippy.bsky.social
(She/Her) Founder of Tech by Choice ✊🏾 Artist 🎨 Senior Engineering Leader 💻 Speaker 🎤 Psychology Enthusiast 🧠 Your Local Cali Hippie 🌴 👩🏾🦱🌴
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I think AI is a valid solution to a subset of problems but I’m worried people are treating it like pasta, just throwing it at the cabin to see what sticks.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I think AI is a valid solution to a subset of problems but I’m worried people are treating it like pasta, just throwing it at the cabin to see what sticks.
My dog keeps walking back and forth checking on everyone in the house
My dogs anxiety is really just “is everyone ok” and “can someone please rub my belly”
All very valid things to be worried about.
My dogs anxiety is really just “is everyone ok” and “can someone please rub my belly”
All very valid things to be worried about.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My dog keeps walking back and forth checking on everyone in the house
My dogs anxiety is really just “is everyone ok” and “can someone please rub my belly”
All very valid things to be worried about.
My dogs anxiety is really just “is everyone ok” and “can someone please rub my belly”
All very valid things to be worried about.
Good, like beauty, is relative.
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Good, like beauty, is relative.
I knew the dodgers won without looking anything up because fireworks started going off 😂
Having a view to downtown is so cool when nights like that happen
Having a view to downtown is so cool when nights like that happen
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I knew the dodgers won without looking anything up because fireworks started going off 😂
Having a view to downtown is so cool when nights like that happen
Having a view to downtown is so cool when nights like that happen
The fact that I hate needles in my current situation is driving me nuts
a young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt .
ALT: a young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt .
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October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The fact that I hate needles in my current situation is driving me nuts
I don’t think anyone should work well under pressure for work unless you’re in the medical field or deal with emergencies.
But one skill all leaders should have is to not create more stress during stressful situations.
But one skill all leaders should have is to not create more stress during stressful situations.
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I don’t think anyone should work well under pressure for work unless you’re in the medical field or deal with emergencies.
But one skill all leaders should have is to not create more stress during stressful situations.
But one skill all leaders should have is to not create more stress during stressful situations.
Came up with a technical solution that just saved us 3k a month at scale
🥳
One week left and I’m still coming up with good solutions
🥳
One week left and I’m still coming up with good solutions
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Came up with a technical solution that just saved us 3k a month at scale
🥳
One week left and I’m still coming up with good solutions
🥳
One week left and I’m still coming up with good solutions
Sometimes your best option is to speak less.
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sometimes your best option is to speak less.
Even my dog is being extra nice to me lmfao
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Even my dog is being extra nice to me lmfao
I’ve worked so hard to get to where I’m at mentally, financially & physically it doesn’t seem real that I’m here.
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’ve worked so hard to get to where I’m at mentally, financially & physically it doesn’t seem real that I’m here.
The cto found out the process I introduced to simplify quarterly planning and wants to make it the new standard ✨💅🏾
a basketball player with the words ask about me on the screen
Alt: a basketball player with the words ask about me on the screen
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October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The cto found out the process I introduced to simplify quarterly planning and wants to make it the new standard ✨💅🏾
Reposted by Valerie Phoenix
Does anyone have any resources to help explain to a developmentally disabled adult that they have cancer in an appropriate way? Are there books for this? I’m so overwhelmed
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Does anyone have any resources to help explain to a developmentally disabled adult that they have cancer in an appropriate way? Are there books for this? I’m so overwhelmed
I hate I can’t get out of the bathtub without hitting life alert 🙃
I can’t wait to get my independence back
I can’t wait to get my independence back
October 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I hate I can’t get out of the bathtub without hitting life alert 🙃
I can’t wait to get my independence back
I can’t wait to get my independence back
My TikTok is full of black people leaning bad bunny songs to prep for the halftime show and I’m so here for it 😂
My introduction to him was seeing he perform at Coachella and he was the only person that made me push to the front of the stage
My introduction to him was seeing he perform at Coachella and he was the only person that made me push to the front of the stage
October 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My TikTok is full of black people leaning bad bunny songs to prep for the halftime show and I’m so here for it 😂
My introduction to him was seeing he perform at Coachella and he was the only person that made me push to the front of the stage
My introduction to him was seeing he perform at Coachella and he was the only person that made me push to the front of the stage
I did not know people where mad bad bunny is going to perform at the half time 😭
There’s so many things to be mad at I don’t get this energy
There’s so many things to be mad at I don’t get this energy
October 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I did not know people where mad bad bunny is going to perform at the half time 😭
There’s so many things to be mad at I don’t get this energy
There’s so many things to be mad at I don’t get this energy
Just realized we got a michelin star chef to cater our event
I thought he was this nice chef at our local restaurant we like to go to 😂
I thought he was this nice chef at our local restaurant we like to go to 😂
September 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Just realized we got a michelin star chef to cater our event
I thought he was this nice chef at our local restaurant we like to go to 😂
I thought he was this nice chef at our local restaurant we like to go to 😂
The start of the year I was deadlifting over 100 pounds.
Now getting out of the car is a struggle 🙃
Now getting out of the car is a struggle 🙃
September 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The start of the year I was deadlifting over 100 pounds.
Now getting out of the car is a struggle 🙃
Now getting out of the car is a struggle 🙃
As a leader your refinements shouldn’t just focus on pointing tickets.
Yes that’s a big goal if the meeting, but sometimes the only goal should be getting alignment on key initiatives.
Yes that’s a big goal if the meeting, but sometimes the only goal should be getting alignment on key initiatives.
September 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As a leader your refinements shouldn’t just focus on pointing tickets.
Yes that’s a big goal if the meeting, but sometimes the only goal should be getting alignment on key initiatives.
Yes that’s a big goal if the meeting, but sometimes the only goal should be getting alignment on key initiatives.
I had the most insightful conversation with an old mentor. He reached out to share that he originally thought my call to not pursue a startup ideas wasn’t a good idea.
That I put too much thought into the ethics of what if the wrong people got the data.
That I put too much thought into the ethics of what if the wrong people got the data.
September 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I had the most insightful conversation with an old mentor. He reached out to share that he originally thought my call to not pursue a startup ideas wasn’t a good idea.
That I put too much thought into the ethics of what if the wrong people got the data.
That I put too much thought into the ethics of what if the wrong people got the data.
Asking and receiving more support has healed me faster than expected
September 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Asking and receiving more support has healed me faster than expected
House hunting is exhausting.
Building and buying homes in the sims didn’t set me up for success 😓
Building and buying homes in the sims didn’t set me up for success 😓
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
House hunting is exhausting.
Building and buying homes in the sims didn’t set me up for success 😓
Building and buying homes in the sims didn’t set me up for success 😓
I’ve made so many updates to this app over the last few months
I’ve doubled the features and slowly been turning them on and saw an increase in the few paying users I have 🔥
I’ve doubled the features and slowly been turning them on and saw an increase in the few paying users I have 🔥
September 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’ve made so many updates to this app over the last few months
I’ve doubled the features and slowly been turning them on and saw an increase in the few paying users I have 🔥
I’ve doubled the features and slowly been turning them on and saw an increase in the few paying users I have 🔥
The wild thing about living is you don’t know who we’ll wake up to be everyday
September 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The wild thing about living is you don’t know who we’ll wake up to be everyday
Reposted by Valerie Phoenix
I'm pretty sure I am mutuals with a Black woman indie game dev on here but now I can't find her. I want to ask her to speak to my brother's game dev class at the biggest public high school on Washington DC :/
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm pretty sure I am mutuals with a Black woman indie game dev on here but now I can't find her. I want to ask her to speak to my brother's game dev class at the biggest public high school on Washington DC :/
I can’t wait to sit around and make art and food prep without worrying about code 🥳
September 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I can’t wait to sit around and make art and food prep without worrying about code 🥳