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Meet Lydia Mangeni Stewart, she transitioned into her first role as a software engineer after completing the Kong x Coding Black Females Fellowship Programme earlier this year, and we get to hear her story! She was interviewed by the AMAZING Tanya Powell! You can view her testimonial here: codingblackfemales.com/impact Tanya: @heytanhey on instagra…
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In this event we discussed Neurodiversity*, Chronic Illness, and Disability with four Black women/NBP in the Tech space. For this panel talk we were joined by 4 speakers in different tech roles who came together to talk about what their experiences have been like, challenges they have faced, and support they have received that has helped them flour…
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This time around, we're joined by Ricardio Thomas to discuss current trends in Technical Recruitment. Ricardo Thomas is a Tech Recruiter & Diversity Champion at Digital Vision Search. He helps interesting fintech, hedge fund & start-up technology companies hire software engineers & build diverse teams. Connect with him here: LinkedIn: https://www.l…
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We had 4 speakers in Technical Architecture and Leadership roles! Perfect opportunity for some technical talks from Black women in the industry. Details of speakers to follow! Speakers * Nana Fifield | VP of Engineering | Depop * Akua Apeagyei | Cloud solution Architect | Microsoft * Adiba Maduegbuna | Lead Android Engineer & Creative Technologist …
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Meet Charlene Grant, one of the fantastic women on the Black Codher Bootcamp 2020. Between August and January, Charlene trained to be a Full Stack Developer on the Black Codher Bootcamp run by Coding Black Females and Niyo Enterprise. We're so excited to have her on the podcast! You can find Charlene here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/affirmedvision…
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Charlene Hunter, CEO and Founder of Coding Black Females interviews Julie Andrews and Jenna Griffin from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Coding Black Females and BCS have recently partnered to private a BCS Membership Bursary to 50 members of Coding Black Females. This bursary will be for women at all levels of their career, and paired with a …
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The majority of us use technology everyday in our day to day lives, yet the impact of technology on our health and human rights is often overlooked. Whilst technology has propelled advances in both the global health and human rights sector, bringing new innovations and improving the lives of many, the two sectors remain largely separate. As fields …
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We're joined by RaGene Nomolos-Dixon a Senior Solutions Engineer at Netflix. Join us for a discussion of Technical Crafts in Entertainment. He'll be sharing some insights about working at Netflix, exciting projects and how you could get into the field. Definitely worth joining to be part of the conversation.…
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The event will be hosted by Chantelle Larmond, a Project Coordinator at Sony Playstation We have 5 speakers Eneni Abban: Robotics & AI Engineer - The Future of Gaming Joy Ajayi: Gameplay Programmer - Through my lens Liz Wright: Client Side Programmer at Mediatonic Alexis Russell: Producer at Guerilla Games on Horizon Zero Dawn Danielle Udogaranya -…
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This episode we were joined by Janique-ka John, Co-Founder of Women In Tech Caribbean and Siobhan Baker from the Coding Black Females Leadership Team. We have a great conversation about the importance of tech communities for underrepresented groups, visibility through public speaking and bridging the gap between the Caribbean islands. Janique-ka Jo…
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In today's episode, we have another amazing guest, Charlene Hunter the founder of Coding Black Females. Coding Black Females is a nonprofit organisation that aims to provide opportunities for Black female developers through meetups, events, and more. The organisation has partnered with companies such as Monzo, Conde Nast, BBC and more. In this long…
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Isabel is a Software Engineer from Portugal, currently based in London, UK. She is passionate about contributing to Open Source and helping people feel less intimidated by it. She was a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) student and this year she is a GSoC mentor and admin with AnitaB.org Open Source. She is also one of the Community Leaders for AnitaB.o…
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Looking for a new job or thinking about a career change? Then give cybersecurity a serious consideration. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, there will be up to 3.5 million job openings by 2021. And as remote working is becoming the norm, companies are looking to implement tighter security controls to protect these new operating models. In this o…
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We had a fantastic evening of Lightning Talks on 15th July. Details of all the speakers can be found here: https://codingblackfemales.com/talks Technology Deep Dive * Amina Adewusi | A journey through Scala * Danni Youziel | Auth0 and The Invalid Token Learning in a Pandemic * Olivia Campbell | Head in the clouds whilst getting certified * Shaquill…
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We had a fantastic evening of Lightning Talks on 8th July. Details of all the speakers can be found here: https://codingblackfemales.com/talks Health and Wellbeing * Diane Laidlaw | Self Care Wednesdays * Faith Ruto MBA | Personal Resilience during a pandemic and beyond A Tech Journey * Audrey Limery | Break Boundaries in the Tech Industry * Talja …
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Maya is an amazing Coding Black Female! She has been a women-only Personal Trainer for the past 5 years, specialising in Pre and Post Natal women. On top of this she runs the Tried It Podcast (@trieditpodcast), and runs Boss Your Body Events all whilst learning to code. She's been featured in the Metro in the article Strong Women: Body Standards ar…
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Hear the stories of women who have successfully changed career to a tech role. We'll start with Ekua Cant, a career coach, telling us the steps to take, then from Kathryn Tingle, Elle Hallal and Nyasha Duri who have successfully changed careers will be on a panel for Q&A. Ekua Cant Ekua lives to make people be their own cheerleader! Ekua started he…
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We are joined by Arcade Kwaku, a Coding Black Female. She explains changing from a career in healthcare to becoming a technical analyst. We get an insight into her experiences as a black woman in tech, and all the amazing things she’s been learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently wrote a blog on completing a Udacity Nanodegree in 30 days…
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Andrea Burris is a Senior User Researcher, with a background in Psychology and Human Factors. She has 7 years experience working across academia, government and tech industry, working with a variety of organisations from large retailers to small tech start ups. Her main focus within her career has been to ensure the business focus is led by user in…
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Are you a mother? parent? carer? first-born sibling? Are you hoping to be in the future? Or can your colleague or friends answer yes to those questions? Join us as we discuss what it is like managing caring responsibilities whilst pursuing a career in a fast-paced, male-dominated, and ever-changing industry. For this episode we have 4 speakers at d…
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Olivia Campbell has been in tech for 3 years, and is on the Coding Black Females Leadership Team. We hear about how she changed career into tech after completing the Le Wagon bootcamp. She also gives us an insight into the hobbies she's picked up during the COVID-19 lockdown. You can find Olivia on Twitter and LinkedIn Twitter: https://twitter.com/…
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This episode showcases other exciting areas in technology that are not traditional software development. We'll be joined by a Product Manager, UX/UI Designer, Data Scientist and DevOps Engineer. You'll be able to hear more about the work that they do, the skills each role requires, how each of our speakers got to where they are, and ask any questio…
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This episode we are joined by 4 Black Females Founders/Entrepreneurs having a discussion about their experiences founding their organisations. We were joined by: Ekua Akumanyi from Furnishful, Dominique Lescott from Hairpopp, Melissa Wills from Women Like Me, Marcia Brock from Smart Kid/Smart World
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In today's episode our first ever guest, Blessy, talks about graduating from university with an Electronic Engineering degree and then securing a role as a software tester. He tells us about his experience of studying Electronic Engineering, why he transitioned to software testing, how he got the role, and more. In our Tech in Africa segment, we ta…
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Today we are discussing some of the concerns brought up about girls in the gaming community. Do you think we should limit what games children can play? You can submit your answer by clicking here! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettylittlegamer/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh…
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In this episode I wanted to bring light to a major issue in the gaming community that really effects female gamers and how we interact with our male peers, do you want to voice your opinion on the topic? Click here to place you vote now! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettylittlegamer/messageSupport this podca…
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Edited and updated for Pretty Little Gamer, I really love the message of this episode so I decided to re-upload it to share that message under the PLG name. Hope you enjoy what I have to say about Mental Health in the gaming world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettylittlegamer/messageSupport this podcast: ht…
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Bringing light to an amazing organization called Black Girls Code, be sure to check them out to find out more on how you can support their mission to empower young girls of color to get into the world of technology, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettylittlegamer/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters…
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New episode every Monday. Want to submit a Q or A? email me at Shay@oheyresha.com, you can also find me on Instagram @wolfiebitme --- --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettylittlegamer/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prettylittlegamer/support…
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In today's episode, Wal2.0 and Brandon talk about their experience with the programming language Java. They discuss how they overcame their problems with Java and also provide tips for anyone who is currently learning Java or any other programming language. In the Tech In Africa segment, they discuss Ethiopia's desire to become an African tech hub.…
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In today's episode, we discuss some of the results from Stack Overflow's 2019 Developer survey. We highlight our opinions of the results and discuss what they mean to the development community. In our tech in Africa segment, we discuss the launch of Africa's first AI lab in Ghana. We also discuss the potential of AI in Africa and our opinions on wh…
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In today's episode, we talk about mobile phone designs and the next wave of mobile phone designs, foldable phones. We then progress to briefly discuss the problems that could arise with foldable phones and web development. To round of the segment, we talk about the innovations we would like to see on mobile phones but haven't been implemented yet. …
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In today's episode, we discuss whether everyone should learn to code given the huge prominence around this topic. We also talk about the amazing Betelhem Dessie, Ethiopia's young tech genius who is doing incredible things with tech in Ethiopia and Africa. We then segue into a very interesting topic about the word "genius" and why we think it is nor…
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Welcome to our first episode of the new year! We know many people will have new year resolutions they wish to commit to and some people may want to pick up a new skill or learn something new. For this reason, Brandon and wal2.0 will provide some of the resources they use to learn programming and UI/UX followed with some tips. In our tech in Africa …
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In today's episode, we talk about what success means to us individually and the steps required to get there. This is then followed by our tech in Africa segment where we talk about an amazing woman from Ghana who is building Ghana's biggest solar farm. Enjoy! And dont forget to checkout our new website at https://quadrithm.co.uk…
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