Helping people enter, stay & thrive in tech

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Valerie Phoenix from Tech By Choice joins Amal & Kball to tell them all about her non-profit that’s passionate about helping people interested in technology, no matter their experience level.

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Featuring:

• Valerie Phoenix – Website, GitHub, X
• Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• Tech By Choice

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1. It's party time, y'all (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Appwrite (00:00:41)

https://appwrite.io

3. Welcoming Valerie to the show (00:03:27)

4. Getting to know Valerie (00:04:37)

5. What Tech By Choice offers (00:10:37)

6. Making obstacles visible (00:17:50)

7. Solving the leaky pipeline (00:25:37)

8. Sponsor: Changelog News (00:31:22)

https://changelog.com/news

9. Common themes of success (00:32:43)

10. Open source & track records (00:39:07)

11. Success stories (00:43:11)

12. How people can help (00:45:04)

13. The tech industry is hard right now (00:46:55)

14. How Valerie has grown (00:51:32)

15. KBall's closing thoughts (00:53:45)

16. Connecting with Valerie (00:56:26)

17. Closing time (00:56:45)

18. Next up on the pod (00:57:03)