Rupal Singhalrupalsinghal.hashnode.dev·Dec 24, 2024Empowering Women in Tech: Breaking Barriers and Building the FutureThe world of technology is dynamic, ever-evolving, and brimming with opportunities. Yet, the tech industry has long struggled with gender disparity. Women make up nearly half of the global workforce but are still underrepresented in tech roles. Enter...1 likeWomenWhoTech
Juliana Almeidajulianaalmeida.hashnode.dev·Oct 6, 2020“Coding is cool but not for me” — A story about gender, socioeconomics, and my first lines of codeAs weird as it seems since I became a software engineer less than a year ago, the first lines of code I’ve ever written were in the year 1994. I was a freshman in a high school in São Paulo, Brazil, and they had a “technical program” to teach an occu...Software Engineering
freeCodeCampforfreeCodeCampfreecodecamp.org·Oct 21, 2019How I became a web developer in under 7 months – and how you can tooBy Niamh McCooey Around this time last year I started learning the basics of code in my spare time, and sure enough found myself working as a professional developer just 7 months later – with no CS degree, no bootcamp, and no clue. So if you’re readi...code newbie
Abigail RennemeyerforfreeCodeCampfreecodecamp.org·Jul 22, 2019Podcast: how taking risks catapulted one software engineer's career forwardOn this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with developer and wearer of many hats Princiya about how she changed careers, moved to Berlin, and worked her way up to a lead role. Princiya grew up in India and studied computer scien...diversity in tech
freeCodeCampforfreeCodeCampfreecodecamp.org·Dec 28, 2017Mentorship and Networking — My strategy based on open source involvementBy Judy Gichoya, MD My first year of medical school was in 2003, a time when caring for HIV/AIDS patients was difficult due to lack of antiretrovirals (ARVs). Now as every medical student knows, the excitement of getting to the clinical rotations is ...Diversity
freeCodeCampforfreeCodeCampfreecodecamp.org·Sep 21, 2016The Numbers of the #ILookLikeAnEngineer Ad Campaign (and a Free Poster!)By Michelle Glauser Last summer, my spouse’s coworker was featured in an engineer recruitment ad campaign in San Francisco’s BART stations. Many people responded that she didn’t “look like” an engineer. Unfortunately, this is something that people wh...Ilooklikeanengineer
