Chief Racoon Officer At Your Service!
I'm Val — I spent decades navigating tech as a woman. Then I discovered I was never quite that either. Which means I know exactly what it feels like to work your arse off inside a system that wasn't built for you, perform a version of yourself that's slightly wrong, and wonder why you're exhausted all the time.
That's why I built Outraged Racoon Coaching.
Meet Val
Who is this racoon and why is she in your feed? The full story — lived experience, values, credentials and a frankly unreasonable amount of art.
Find out →Coaching
Remote 1:1 coaching for the highest performers who are somehow still the most overlooked. From someone who's been there.
Work with me →Holy Sh*t I'm A Manager
The course and community I wish I'd had when I was thrown into my first manager position, panicking and alone.
Take the online course → Join the free Slack →Stakeholders
Corporate vampire fiction that lets us laugh at the absurdity of tech. Yes, really. No, I'm not sorry.
Read it →From the blog
- Be The Kind One — March 2026
- Haiku: I Don't Read the Code — March 2026
- Have You Heard of AI-Washing? — March 2026
