Glowing in Tech

In this episode, Nelly Kiboi discusses her experience discovering open source and working at Microsoft, as well as the importance of contributing to open source projects. She also talks about her transition to a new country and building confidence in herself through small steps and finding supportive communities. Nelly emphasizes that contributing to open source can take many forms, not just source code contributions. One can create lists, share fun projects, and even sponsor other contributors. She believes that open source work can help individuals stand out in job applications and improve their chances of landing a role. Nelly is committed to empowering the next generation of women in tech, and has created and led coding classes, contributed to groups that educate and encourage young women to build careers in tech. Her impact was acknowledged in 2021 when she received the esteemed FDM everywoman in Technology Software Engineer Award. View our resources, show notes and more on our website: https://glowingintech.com Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/glowing-in-tech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glowingintech Work with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Check out our sponsors, Makers and follow them on socials: Website: https://www.makers.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makersacademy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/makersacademy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrienne has been a Software Engineer for just under a year and currently works for a London-based software consultancy specialising in cloud-native technologies.  She began her career in corporate Public Relations, working with some of the UK’s most well known FTSE 100 companies. Not long after that she transitioned into technology and lifestyle PR at a boutique London PR agency where her clients included everything from dating apps to a high-speed air mobility company and venture capital firms.  After experimenting with coding during the pandemic, she secured a scholarship with Coding Black Females and Makers coding bootcamp in summer 2021 and started her first role in April 2022.  In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Adrienne walks us through how she transitioned from working in PR to learning how to code and landing a scholarship with Makers that bagged her a role as a Software Engineer.  She gives us the insight into the process to gain a scholarship through Makers, leaning into community when learning how to code and shares her industry insight all about cloud native transformation. View our resources, show notes and more on our website: glowingintech.com Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/glowing-in-tech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glowingintech Work with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Check out our sponsors, Makers and follow them on socials: Website: https://www.makers.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makersacademy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/makersacademy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michaela is a full stack software engineer currently working at a #cyber security #startup. She switched her career in 2020 and hasn't looked back since! In her spare time, she teaches #React to people who want to learn the library or folks looking to change their career to tech.  In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Michaela shares her career challenge which is getting a more mentoring culture to help cultivate growth in software engineers who are at their start of their career. She also shares her controversial take in the tech tea section where she delves into her opinions on the interview process for graduate programmes/entry level roles. View our resources, show notes and more on our website: glowingintech.com Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/glowing-in-tech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glowingintech Work with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Check out our sponsors, Makers and follow them on socials: Website: https://www.makers.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makersacademy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/makersacademy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michaela is a full stack software engineer currently working at a cyber security startup. She switched her career in 2020 and hasn't looked back since! In her spare time, she teaches React to people who want to learn the library or folks looking to change their career to tech.  This episode of the podcast discusses the importance of learning tutorials and frameworks, even if you feel like you don't have the time. The guest argues that it's important to take the time to learn these things, even if it means doing a tutorial at work, because it will pay off in the long run. Amber and Jessie agree and add that sometimes the documentation for these things can be difficult to understand, so it's helpful to have someone to walk you through it. Michaela speaks about changing careers during the pandemic, working on accessibility in her role, and SWE job applications without having a computer science degree. - The importance of learning new frameworks and technologies, even if you feel like you don't have the time - The importance of being able to read and take notes from documentation when transitioning from front end to back end coding - Michaela's journey into the tech industry, beginning with her engineering background and then moving into software Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/glowing-in-tech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glowingintech Work with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Check out Makers and follow them on socials: Website: https://www.makers.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makersacademy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/makersacademy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you interested in becoming a software engineer? Do you want to learn about the different routes you can take to get there? In this episode of Glowing in Tech, Jessie and Amber will be talking about how they made the career switch into becoming Software Engineers the different routes that they took to get there, and the industries that they're in.  In the first episode of season 2 of *Glowing in Tech*, Amber and Jessie delve into their own personal experiences of entering the tech industry.  Amber and Jessie met at a boot camp in January 2021. They started with an intense week of learning HTML, CSS, Python, and Git. After that, they continued with part-time learning for about 15 weeks. The conversation covers different routes into tech. While a computer science degree is still a respected route, it is not the only one. Boot camps and self-study are also viable options. Amber recommends researching various boot camps, reading reviews, and understanding the curriculum before committing to one. Jessie and Amber were involved in online communities while they were learning to code. They mention the "100 days of code" challenge, which they both tried but failed to complete. However, they learned that they did not have to do it alone. There are many resources available online and communities to engage with. The conversation ends with a discussion on how to transition into a new role. Jessie discusses moving internally and being supported by her colleagues. Amber, on the other hand, joined a big corporation as her first engineering role. She enjoyed not having a reputation and felt that transferable skills from her previous roles were valuable. View our resources, show notes and more on our website: glowingintech.com Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/glowing-in-tech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glowingintech Work with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Check out our sponsors, Makers and follow them on socials: Website: https://www.makers.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makersacademy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/makersacademy - Jessie and Amber's routes into tech - The importance of finding the right resources - The different routes to becoming a software engineer - The pros and cons of bootcamps - The challenge of moving from customer success to software engineering Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you interested in becoming a career in the tech industry? Do you want to learn about the different routes you can take to get there? In season 2 of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Jessie and Amber talk to women in the tech industry about their careers, the different routes that they took to get there, and the industries that they're in. They'll also be sharing their career challenges. In the "What's the Tech Tea?" segment, they'll be spilling their controversial take on something within the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Nelly talks about her career challenge which was about moving from Kenya to work in Burgess Hill as a Software Engineer and her tech tea on how learning something new is underrated! Nelly Kiboi is a service engineer at Microsoft who leverages her passion for emerging technologies to drive equality and accessibility.  Originally from Kenya, Nelly relocated to the UK in 2016, and now helps independent software vendors and startups maximise their Azure experience.  Before joining Microsoft, Nelly was a software engineer at American Express where she played a key role in enhancing developer experience and contributing to the company's open-source product development platform, One Amex.  Nelly is committed to empowering the next generation of women in tech, and has created and led coding classes, contributed to groups that educate and encourage young women to build careers in tech. Her impact was acknowledged in 2021 when she received the esteemed FDM everywoman in Technology Software Engineer Award. View our resources, show notes and more on our website: https://glowingintech.com Subscribe to our weekly newsletter of resources: https://glowingintech.substack.com/ Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/glowing-in-tech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glowingintech Work with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Check out our sponsors, Makers and follow them on socials: Website: https://www.makers.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makersacademy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/makersacademy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.   Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.   Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.   Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech  Follow our guest, Renée here: www.instagram.com/blaqbyte www.twitter.com/blaqbyte www.twitter.com/reneelouisedev Show notes with all resources mentioned: https://rebel-budget-35b.notion.site/Episode-15-Ren-e-Louise-Part-1-Maths-Teacher-to-Software-Engineer-Code-First-Girls-Nanodegree--257d183834104be5b5d6c93ea02f01ea 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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!   Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Show notes with timestamps and resources mentioned: https://www.notion.so/glowing-in-tech/Episode-15-Ren-e-Louise-Part-1-Maths-Teacher-to-Software-Engineer-Code-First-Girls-Nanodegree--257d183834104be5b5d6c93ea02f01ea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.   Show notes with timestamps, resources mentioned, and more info on Tara here: https://www.notion.so/Episode-13-Tara-Ojo-Part-1-58b2b0a072994b97a3cc7fe74189e735 Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Follow our guest, Tara Ojo here:  Instagram: @taraojo  Twitter: @tara_ojo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Stay up to date by following us on our socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 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  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.   Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.   Show notes for the episode including timestamps and how to get in touch with us and our guests, all here: https://www.notion.so/Episode-10-Tanya-Powell-Part-2-fde7803f70bb488886f9a72805f0f920 Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech  Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Show notes:  https://rebel-budget-35b.notion.site/Episode-9-Tanya-Powell-Part-1-2b11d0385c5b4bab8ac32866f2aced83 Stay up to date by following us on our socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Show notes with all resources mentioned and timestamps here: https://rebel-budget-35b.notion.site/Episode-7-Jessica-Cregg-Part-2-adb7c838c5da409e9fb570f0fe9db125 Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech  Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.   Read the show notes here: https://www.notion.so/Episode-6-Jessica-Cregg-Part-1-71548b85ee80415794c8ef8a9c4a04be Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech  Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://forms.gle/eLMUST2puKzuA25c7 Stay in touch with Charlene: @charlenephunter on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn Check out Coding Black Females: www.codingblackfemales.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices