Glowing in Tech: The Showcase
By Glowing in Tech
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Glowing in Tech: The ShowcaseOct 18, 2022
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE - Part 2: Tech burnout, Future of work, AI developments
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford.
She is the CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors.
In 2022 she released her new book She’s in CTRL a guidebook for women to take back tech.
In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she speaks about the future of work, the 4 day work week and her controversial tech tea take.
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Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE - Part 1: How women can take CTRL in tech, empowering women & communities
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford.
She is the CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors.
In 2022 she released her new book She’s in CTRL a guidebook for women to take back tech.
In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she speaks about her journey into tech, her role in empowering women and helpful advice for those looking to thrive in their careers.
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Renée - Part 2: Intro to Version Control, Git & Github, Black representation in tech & building community in tech
Renée-Louise Nzegbulem is a #SoftwareEngineer @Beamery .
Prior to this, Renée was a Mathematics Teacher after completing her Economics degree, and a year later took a leap of faith into the tech industry. The serendipities of life landed Renée a fulfilling role at a scale up, as a software engineer.
She now specializes in #frontend development, building products for some of the biggest fortune 500 companies in the world.
She introduces us to version control, git & github PLUS, she spills the tech tea on the lack of representation in tech.
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Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Tech topic in 10, version control, git @GitHub 07:45 Why is it important to have pull requests? 10:07 Tech Tea: Representation in tech 12:25 Building a tech community
Renée - Part 1: Teacher to Software Engineer, CodeFirstGirls degree & BlackCodher Bootcamp
Renée-Louise Nzegbulem is a #SoftwareEngineer @Beamery . Prior to this, Renée was a Mathematics Teacher after completing her Economics degree, and a year later took a leap of faith into the tech industry. The serendipities of life landed Renée a fulfilling role at a scale up, as a software engineer.
She now specialises in #frontend development, building products for some of the biggest fortune 500 companies in the world. She talks us through her journey of switching from #teaching to #technology and how joining various communities with likeminded people helped her land an #engineering role within a year, with no formal experience!
She completed both the @Code First Girls and @Black Codher @Coding Black Females #bootcamp at the same time!
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Tara Ojo - Part 2: Glorification of working in tech, github best practices
Tara is a #SoftwareEngineer at Google. She's a speaker, teacher and writer sharing tips and advice on career development in the tech industry.
Tara is a regular supporter of programmes and projects for black women and minorities by teaching them to code and mentoring them in their careers. She has worked as a STEM Ambassador inspiring children and young people, while volunteering at Code Clubs, giving career talks at school events and working with organisations such as Microsoft and the United Nations.
On this episode of the Glowing in #Tech podcast, her tech topic in ten is all about understanding #git and #versioncontrol then her controversial take is all about the glorification of working in tech.
Tara Ojo - Part 1: Software Engineer at Google, MAANG technical interview preparation, junior to senior SWE journey
Tara is a Software Engineer at Google. She's a speaker, teacher and writer sharing tips and advice on career development in the tech industry.
Tara is a regular supporter of programmes and projects for black women and minorities by teaching them to code and mentoring them in their careers. She has worked as a STEM Ambassador inspiring children and young people, while volunteering at Code Clubs, giving career talks at school events and working with organisations such as Microsoft and the United Nations.
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares how she progressed within her career as a Software Engineer and how she landed a role at the FAANG company Google.
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Ife Ojomo - Part 2: Software Engineer - who really works "in tech"? & behavioural nudges
At the time of recording, Ife Ojomo was working as a Software Engineer at Vodafone through their grad scheme, but has now landed a role as a Prototyping Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her tech topic in 10 which is all about behavioural science and shares her controversial take about whether every company that uses tech is a tech company!
Aside from her professional pursuits, she is a presenter and curates authentic conversations which bridge the gap between conflicting ideas. She hosts and produces 'The Motion' podcast and radio show - a twist of an academic-style debate where two guests with conflicting opinions fight for her vote.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Tech topic - behavioural science in tech
09:10 - the importance of talking to customers
10:40 - Tech Tea: what does 'tech company' mean?
14:50 - is 'tech' an industry?
21:00 - being a 'minority' in tech
24:20 - barriers for getting into tech
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Ife Ojomo - Part 1: software engineering graduate scheme, learning on the job, graduate rotations
At the time of recording, Ife Ojomo was working as a Software Engineer at Vodafone through their grad scheme, but has now landed a role as a Prototyping Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares how she went from a degree in Mathematics, to working in PR, to landing a graduate role as a Software Engineer at Vodafone.
Aside from her professional pursuits, she is a presenter and curates authentic conversations which bridge the gap between conflicting ideas. She hosts and produces 'The Motion' podcast and radio show - a twist of an academic-style debate where two guests with conflicting opinions fight for her vote.
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Tanya Powell - Part 2: BDD for sprint demos, rubber ducking, how to do tech docs
What is Behaviour-Driven Development? How can it be used to benefit the whole product team? How do you rubberduck? What are the secrets to writing great documentation ?
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, we are joined by the one and only Tanya Powell who works as a co-CTO at Coding Black Females.
She shares her tech topic in tech which is all about behaviour driven development, and her controversial take on bad documentation.
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Tanya Powell - Part 1: Career switcher > CTO, choosing Frontend and React, Typed language benefits
How did Tanya go from Media Production to working as a CTO?
What inspired her to do the switch?
What was a masters in Computer Science like, coming from a non-technical background?
Tanya Powell is the Co-CTO at Coding Black Females, where she leads both the training and technology strategies and visions of the largest network on Black Female Technologists in the UK. Prior to that, Tanya was a Senior Software Engineer focused on the frontend. As an educator, Tanya has taught many people entering the world of technology and continually mentors.
In 2022 she'll be launching the creative hub Beyond Fantasy and cannot wait to share this new venture with the world
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares why she decides to get a Masters in Computer Science, navigating her first dev role, and how she went from being a member of Coding Black Females to becoming a co-CTO.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro to Tanya and her responsibilities at Coding Black Females
2:37 - Where Tanya's journey began
7:40 - Speaking to Software Engineers for the first time
8:50 - Have you ever thought about being a dev?
9:50 - Deciding to do postgraduate study
16:04 - Moving to another role
21:07 - Benefits of a good typed language
22:58 - Joining Coding Black Females
Jessica Cregg Part 2: DORA metrics, diversity at tech events & making spaces inclusive
What are the DORA metrics and why are they so important in the #DevOps world?
What happened at EMF Camp festival this year and what would we recommend to prevent the same mistakes?
How do we make tech events and spaces more #inclusive?
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her tech topic in ten which is all about DORA metrics and her controversial take on EMF Camp being called out on their lack of diversity and turning off replies to their tweet.
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Jessica Cregg Part 1: Getting into devrel, nomading, setting work culture, international teams
Jessica Cregg is a Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly. When she’s not interpreting error messages or learning new things, she’s a big fan of organizing meetups, volunteering at conferences and talking about the human implications of engineering decisions, along with why tech can’t and won’t solve everything.
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her remarkable journey into dev rel, introduces us to nomading and shares more about what her role involves.
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Charlene Hunter MBE: Part 2 - Building digital community products & finding time for side projects
On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast we have the pleasure of speaking to Charlene Hunter, who is the CEO and Founder of Coding Black Females
She shares her tech topic in 10 about building digital products for Coding Black Females and her controversial tech take that finding the time for side projects isn’t always realistic.
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Charlene Hunter MBE: Part 1 - Creating Tech Communities and Building Coding Black Females
Charlene Hunter is the CEO and Founder of Coding Black Females. On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her remarkable journey into tech and what inspired her to start the amazing community & organisation that is Coding Black Females.
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Zoë Ruki Nengite - Part 2: Technical interview tips, Data engineering 101 and debunking the myth of meritocracy in tech hiring
Zoë Ruki Nengite (@zoerukintech) is a technical lead at Palantir, a mentor, a STEM ambassador and now a technical interviewer too.
She shares her tech topic where she speaks about demystifying data engineering, humans making AI-assisted data driven decisions, and spills the tech tea on the misconceptions of meritocracy.
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Zoë Ruki Nengite - Part 1: from junior to tech lead, standing out in interviews, internal promotion and big corp vs startup
Zoë (@zoerukintech) is a technical lead at Palantir, a mentor, a STEM ambassador and now a technical interviewer too.
We ask her about what makes someone stand out in a technical interview, now that she’s a hiring manager. We discuss differences in working in tech at a big corp vs a small startup and how that can impact progression.
We ask her what it’s like becoming a tech lead in 2 years and why she chose the management route over individual contributor. She also shares her advice on how to negotiate for an internal promotion when general advice is to leave for a pay rise.
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Amina Aweis Part 2: does imposter syndrome exist? Founding an accessibility focused tech startup and ADHD in tech
Meet Amina Aweis on our first episode of the @glowingintech podcast.
Amina is a neurodivergent accessibility advocate, founder, writer and content creator, leading and shaping conversations about what it means to be digitally inclusive.
In this episode, she shares her journey into tech and gives us an introduction to web accessibility. Stay tuned for Part two!
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Amina Aweis Part 1: Tech Founder, Accessibility Advocate and Neurodivergent Software Engineer
Meet Amina Aweis on our first episode of the @glowingintech podcast.
Amina is a neurodivergent accessibility advocate, founder, writer and content creator, leading and shaping conversations about what it means to be digitally inclusive.
In this episode, she shares her journey into tech and gives us an introduction to web accessibility. Stay tuned for Part two!
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Glowing In Tech: The Showcase - Trailer
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