Springboard and WWCode Partner to Launch Scholarship and Recruitment Programs
Mentor-led learning platform and world’s largest women-in-tech nonprofit to offer scholarships for women pursuing in-demand coding and data science careers San Francisco, CA – December 17, 2020 – Springboard, the pioneer of mentor-led online learning, today announced a partnership with Women Who Code, an international nonprofit dedicated to empowering women in technology, to introduce the Springboard/Women […]
Engineer to Engineer: What Leaders Need to Be Successful in Business & Tech
style=”width: 800px;”>Left: Naomi Freeman | Right: Natasha Malik In this edition of Engineer to Engineer, Natasha Malik, Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP (EY), was gracious enough to sit down with WWCode Leadership Fellow Naomi Freeman to discuss navigating a struggling job market, leadership, and staying present. How long have you been with EY, […]
Why Developers Should Focus on Their Writing Skills
>Souce: Pexels Here’s one developer’s story from Reddit: “I’m a coder. I think 80 percent of my emails and Slack messages are huge walls of text with caveperson grammar. Instead of replies, I get questions. How can I write better?” A few details were adjusted for confidentiality reasons, but the bottom line stays the same: […]
Battling COVID-19 with Mission: Predictable Hackathon
style=”width: 665px;” class=”fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil”> In June and July of 2020, Women Who Code hosted a three-part Machine Learning for Social Good Workshop series to conceive new ways to combat COVID-19. Workshop participants harnessed the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence via Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) SageMaker models to develop their ideas. The workshop […]
Engineer to Engineer: Innovative Leadership in Machine Learning
style=”width: 800px;”>Left: Sapphire Duffy | Right: Huiming Qu Sapphire Duffy is an Associate AI Engineer at Kainos and the Director of Women Who Code Belfast. In this edition of Engineer to Engineer, Sapphire meets with Huiming Qu, Senior Director of Search & Recommendation & Data Science at The Home Depot, to discuss adapting to changing technology, […]
The Back End of the Front End – APIs (Part 2)
>Source This is the second in a three-part series about front-end development (Part 1 is available here). It will focus on JavaScript, but many of the concepts here translate to other languages. What is an API? Technically, an API is any application programming interface. Many people describe an API like a counter at a deli — […]
Engineer to Engineer: How Open Source Can Welcome People into Tech
style=”width: 1200px;”>Left to Right: Archana Vaidheeswaran, Diana Lease, and Jolene Langlinais In this edition of Engineer to Engineer, Archana Vaidheeswaran, Leadership Fellow at WWCode and Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Continental, sat down with Jolene Langlinais and Diana Lease from Clause to discuss their company’s involvement with Accord Project, why open source contributions are valuable ways […]
How Scholarships Can Accelerate Women’s Careers in Tech
style=”width: 661px;” class=”fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil”> Jouell Wright is a Sacramento-based pioneer in the blockchain space and host of the fintech-focused Trade U Youtube channel. She was gracious enough to meet with our Content Creator, Jacob Yoss, and discuss how the Telegraph Academy and Draper University scholarships she received through Women Who Code accelerated her career […]
Why Free Opportunities are the Best Pathways Into Technology
style=”width: 637px;” class=”fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil”> Nandi K. Allman is a Grow With Google scholarship recipient, a program that provides individuals with training and resources to build their skills, careers, or businesses. Nandi met with our Content Creator, Jacob Yoss, to discuss how the scholarship impacted their career, how people of color can transition into the […]
Project Spotlight: BugPhone by Jordan
style=”width: 801px;” class=”fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil”> This entry is the first in a new series that will highlight WWCode DFW's members' work and projects. It is our unique pleasure to introduce the BugPhone project. DFW’s Jordan brought this impressive, large-scale, and real-word idea to life, which includes development, deployments, operational surprises, and technical support for end-users. […]