Code First Girls Podcast

Did you know that the Deputy CTO of Sainsbury's used to fill jam donuts in their stores? 

 Karen Brown, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, shares her journey from working in Sainsbury's' stores to now leading a technical team of hundreds over the course of the last 31 years.

Jumping from organisation to organisation has been a common trend for the younger workforce, but Karen is a prime example of how the sky's the limit when you work for a company that nurtures your talent.

Interview highlights:

👉 How Karen manages feelings of impostor syndrome & process of self-improvement
👉 The latest tech innovations at Sainsbury's including robots, big data and AI
👉 And thinking about what truly makes you happy in your career 

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Ever felt out of your depth as a woman working in tech?

 Sarah Liddell, Chief Product Officer of femtech leader Elvie, was one of four women in a team of 240 engineers when she started 🤯

 Sarah was a single mum when she went back to uni to study design engineering. Armed with aspirations to build a pushchair that ACTUALLY folded (amongst other things) Sarah's mission to use technology to fulfil the underserved needs of women was set…

 ...enter Elvie, the UK's leading femtech that is championing female-centric products including pelvic-floor trainers and wireless breast pumps 🍼

 Our interview highlights:
👉 Sarah's journey as a career switcher ♻️
👉 The future of femtech 🚺
👉 Product management tips and tricks from a pro ✨

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This episode is a bit different, as we are welcoming not one, but TWO guests on the podcast! We are joined by two brilliant speakers, coaches, and educators; Lily and Alex. Lily is a bonafide West End star, and Alex is the legendary confidence coach that has supported our Nanodegree candidates through their interviews with tech companies. 
Despite their backgrounds and successes, both still struggle with impostor syndrome from time to time and take a minute to share their techniques and tips for working through those dark moments. 
This conversation is so fun and so encouraging! Lily has a brilliant tip about a way to focus on the positive moments, so take a big note on that one.
Make sure you've joined the Code First Girls community and join us at Code Fest 2021, available fully remote and online!

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Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Dots Pip Jamieson joins Anna for an in-depth conversation on her journey of starting a successful female-owned and lead tech business. She reveals how and why she chose the name "The Dots" as well as what it's like running a business whilst being "Delightfully Dyslexic".

To sign up for a MOOC, free 8-week coding class, or explore the new Nanodegree, go to www.codefirstgirls.org.uk, and once you've signed up please leave us a ***** review with Apple Podcasts! 

You're brilliant and we hope you're safe and sound!

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Suzanne Janse Van Rensburg joins Anna for an in-depth conversation about how she has built a diversity-friendly workplace as COO at Bank of America. 

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Orla Dunne was recently called "the most important Goldman Sachs partner you've never heard of". After this conversation, it'll be clear why. 
Orla is a passionate advocate for technology education, diversity, and inclusivity in all its forms, and her insights on the future of work and new ways to share learnings from lockdown across society are sure to inspire you. 

To sign up for a MOOC, free 8-week coding class, or explore the new nanodegree, go to www.codefirstgirls.org.uk, and once you've signed up please leave us a ***** review with Apple Podcasts! 

You're brilliant and we hope you're safe and sound!

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Social media is big business. The current value of the top five social media brands is estimated to be over $1 trillion, but lots of questions are being posed about the way that these companies treat user data and privacy.
In this episode, Anna sits down with Freddie de Sibert, co-founder and CEO of the new social networking app Revmo to discuss the role of privacy in our social media landscape and what it'll take to make it work for users and companies.

As ever, this is a stupendous chat with some fantastic insights. Freddie's book recommendation is Give And Take by Adam Grant, and don't forget to check out Revmo at https://www.revmo.app/

He also recommends you head to Hampton Court and watch a game of real tennis. Get outdoors and enjoy the weather!

Produced by: Jonathan Hewitt
Edited by: The MPowered Podcast Network

To learn more about Code First Girls, and how we’ve taught 200,000 women to code visit our website: https://codefirstgirls.com/

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While we're pretty sure that artificial intelligence isn't going to lead to a Terminator-style apocalypse, a lot of people have a lot of questions. What is AI? What is machine learning? What's the difference between them, and can you use the terms interchangeably? To answer these questions and give some insight on how industry is building and applying these systems we are joined by Manisha Mistry, Portfolio Director Digital Culture and Collaboration at R2 Data Labs, a part of Rolls-Royce. 

Manisha's book recommendations are:

1. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
2. Pattern Recognition And Machine Learning by Christopher Bishop
3. Speech And Language Processing by Daniel Jurafsky and James H. Martin (Stanford University has published a free pdf of the latest draft, access it free at the link in the title!)

To sign up for the MOOC mentioned in the recording, go to https://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/cfg-moocs/. They are always free and we have new classes coming up all the time. Register now!

Produced by: Jonathan Hewitt
Edited by: The MPowered Podcast Network

To learn more about Code First Girls, and how we’ve taught 200,000 women to code visit our website: https://codefirstgirls.com/

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With good reason, inclusion and diversity have been on top of mind for many of us through 2020. Anna sits down with Lauren von Stackelberg, Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Expedia Group for an incisive conversation on the definition of D&I, ways that companies can be held to account for their public pledges, and how to interrogate hiring managers before deciding to take a job. 

Lauren's book recommendations are:

1. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
2. So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo
3. You're Not Listening: What You're Missing & Why it Matters by Kate Murphy

We can confirm that since recording, Lauren has crushed her reading goal for 2020.

Produced by: Jonathan Hewitt
Edited by: The MPowered Podcast Network

To learn more about Code First Girls, and how we’ve taught 200,000 women to code visit our website: https://codefirstgirls.com/

Follow our channel for more: https://www.youtube.com/@CodeFirstGirls1/

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No matter how many times you hear it, it's still worth hearing: There is no 'one path' to a career in technology. In this episode, Anna is joined by Carol Johnson, IT Director at Telegraph Media Group and founder of Women In Tech Not Just Code.
This episode covers Carol's journey from a junior administrative role to leading the IT infrastructure at one of the UK's largest media institutions. The conversation also covers the technical and commercial challenges of running the tech side of a modern media business and the growth of demand for inclusion and diversity in business.

Carol's organisation, Women In Tech Not Just Code is a network is for women who work in technology beyond STEM and coding, for those in a technical job or a job in a technology company. To learn more, check out their website and listen to their new podcast! https://womenintechnotjustcode.com/

To sign up for our Career Switcher courses go to our website!

Produced by: Jonathan Hewitt
Edited by: The MPowered Podcast Network

To learn more about Code First Girls, and how we’ve taught 200,000 women to code visit our website: https://codefirstgirls.com/

Follow our channel for more: https://www.youtube.com/@CodeFirstGirls1/

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