Kathy Sierra was born on 1957 and is an American programming instructor and game developer.
10 Facts About Kathy Sierra
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Kathy Sierra changed careers after attending programming classes at UCLA, later returning to teach a course on "new media interactivity" for UCLA Extension.
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Kathy Sierra led the new media team at Mind over Macintosh, a Los Angeles training center that provided training to advertising and entertainment corporations adapting digital technologies in the mid-1990s.
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Kathy Sierra worked as a master trainer for Sun Microsystems, teaching Java instructors how to introduce new Java technologies and developing certification exams.
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Kathy Sierra is the co-creator of the Head First series of books on technical topics, along with her partner, Bert Bates.
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Kathy Sierra says that her interest in cognitive science was motivated by her epilepsy, a condition for which she takes anti-seizure medication.
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In March 2007, Kathy Sierra abruptly canceled her appearance at the O'Reilly ETech conference in San Diego due to threatening blog posts and emails, including death threats.
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Kathy Sierra's harassers posted doctored images of her face next to a noose or being strangled.
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Kathy Sierra gave up her technology career as a result of the harassment, withdrawing from most public-speaking events and no longer blogging.
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Kathy Sierra later wrote, "I had no desire then to find out what comes after doxxing, especially not with a family".