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Beth Crane

Hi, I'm Beth 👋

I spend a lot of my time on a screen, but really why I'm here is to dance at shows and swim in the ocean and get to know the other regulars at my local coffee shop.

I graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney in 2014 and have been making my way farther east ever since - first Seattle, now Brooklyn.

I believe that most problems (no matter how technical they seem on the surface) can be solved by making a new friend.

Photography

A lot of my friends these days are musicians, and I've been enjoying getting to know the NYC indie music scenes by going to their shows. I love that it's all about showing up for each other.

I've been shooting shows since 2021. I look for moments of joy and connection on-stage, capturing people having fun with their craft. You'll typically find me at the sides with a telephoto lens, or climbing on something to get the right angle. I enjoy the challenge of making something beautiful out of whatever the lighting folks throw my way.

Outside of that, I shoot a lot of film these days.

Career & Philosophy

I'm currently a Staff Software Engineer at Flatiron Health, working to reimagine the infrastructure of cancer care in order to learn from the experience of every person with cancer (only 4% of whom are currently in clinical trials).

I try to live such that good opportunities come knocking, and I'm able to be open to them. I want the path of least resistance to be one that's going to lead to growth, happiness, and more opportunities. It's working out okay so far (periodic existential crises aside!).

I spend 40+ hours a week with my coworkers - we strive towards the same goals, we navigate the same obstacles - that's a community whether you choose to invest in it or not, and it's always made my life better to find ways to opt in. I enjoy building engineering cultures where people are thoughtful developer citizens, finding ways to improve the dev ecosystem through their daily tickets.

I get excited about opportunities that:

• work with companies/organizations that positively impact the world
• tackle difficult questions around the role of technology in society
• solve measurable problems for users
• allow me to operate at the edge of my abilities
• enable me to explore the world and live in different places
• take advantage of my interest in communication/organizational psychology
• use new technology to solve problems in previously-impossible ways
• feature cross-disciplinary collaboration

I want to make the world better, and it seems like there's still a lot of low hanging fruit out there.

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