A monthly dose of inspirational stories about women in tech
Get Inspired: Women in Tech Doing Amazing Things ?
This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22
An amazing story about Jordyn Castor and how she is making technology more accessible for blind users [tweet it]
A Women’s History of Silicon Valley
Seven technologists who kicked off the computer revolution and happen to be female. [tweet it]
Female student makes history and heads to coding Olympics
Belinda Shi is determined to shatter the stereotype of the coder as “a man with nerdy glasses in a dark room”. [tweet it]
Words of Wisdom: Advice from Women in Tech ?
“To be a developer you really need to love to learn because you’re going to be learning your entire career” – Sara Chipps, founder of Jewelbots and Girl Develop It!
“Start some place that’s going to let you move slowly and deeply understand what you’re doing.” – Louisa Barrett of Haught Codeworks tells us about how to become an effective junior developer.
“By learning how to program you can build whatever you want. You don’t need tons of capital; you just need motivation to learn.” – Advice from Ferreira who taught herself coding and started MySocialCloud.
Your Toolbox: Resources on Coding ?
Learn to code
The Practical Guide to Becoming a Professional Web Developer
Front End
Python
Learn Python for Business Analysis using Real-world Data
Ruby on Rails
50 Most Common Ruby On Rails Mistakes Beginner Developers Make
Active Record – Brief Introduction for Beginners
Data Science
Databases
A beginners guide to thinking in SQL
Career: Preparing for a Job in Tech ?
You in 6 seconds: how to write a résumé that employers will actually read
How I became (and stayed) a successful programmer
Cracking the Coding Interview [book]
Food for thought: Interesting reads ☕
Front-End Development in an Internet of Things World
Necessity never made perfect code. Ignore perfection.
Tech Term of the Month: Relational Database