Welcome to the season premiere codebar Stories Season 2!

To kick things off, we are joined by Alex who shares her inspiring journey from growing up in rural Romania to navigating a thriving career in the heart of the tech industry. We discuss how her Mum became one of her biggest role models and why she believes curiosity is one of the most important skill a developer can possess.

She also gives us a rare look into her 9-year journey at JPMorgan Chase, discussing how she stayed motivated, continued to grow, and what it’s like to build a long-term career at a global firm.

Connect with Alex online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/maradu/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

The codebar stories podcast is back for Season 2!

Join us as we dive deeper into the journeys of our global community. From career-changers who traded their old lives for code, to the mentors and organisers shaping a more inclusive industry. We’re sharing the raw, honest, and inspiring accounts of what it’s really like to find your place in tech.

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

For the final episode of this season of codebar Stories, we chat with the amazing Amber Shand. Amber is a Software Engineer at Skyscanner and builder of the community She Bytes Back.

She sits down with us to discuss her tech journey, from the moment she decided tech was a career for her, to going through the Sky "Get into Tech" programme, to landing her first Web Developer job at AMEX.

Connect with Amber online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-shand/

Check out She Bytes Back online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/company/she-bytes-back/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

In this episode of codebar Stories we chat with the powerhouse Lena Krasnova. Lena is a Data Engineer at Compare the Market and a codebar Nottingham organiser.

She sits down with us to discuss her tech journey, from the moment she decided tech was a career for her, to going through several coding courses in Berlin, to them moving to the UK and then securing her job through codebar on the Compare the Market apprenticeship programme.

Connect with Lena online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%A6-lena-krasnova-6793649/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

In this episode of codebar Stories we chat with the inspirational Anna Werno. Anna is a Junior Web Developer and founder of the codebar Southampton chapter.

She sits down with us to discuss her tech journey, from the moment she sold her house and moved in with her Mum to start her career switch, to going through the self taught journey to the moment she landed her first Web Developer job after just one interview.

Connect with Anna online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/annawerno/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

In this episode of codebar Stories we chat with the lovely Janine Luk ❤️

She sits down with us to discuss her tech journey, from deciding tech was a career for her whilst doing marketing for the yachting industry, to coding becoming her hobby on the evenings and weekends to then becoming her career. We also dive deep into her love for coaching and mentoring others.

Connect with Janine online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/janine-luk/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

In this episode of codebar Stories we have the talented Jessie Auguste.

Today she is sitting down with us to discuss her tech journey, from deciding tech was a career for her whilst doing marketing, her stint as a teaching assistant to becoming a software engineer. And we discuss the impact various communities played in her journey.

Connect with Jessie online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessie-auguste-80a883178/

Please make sure you check out the Glowing in Tech podcast ➡️ https://www.glowingintech.com/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

In this episode of codebar Stories we have the talented Dáre Ṣóníran.

Today she is sitting down with us to discuss her tech journey, from the moment she decided tech was for her, to her machine learning role today. We dive into how she discovered codebar’s virtual workshops during the pandemic, starting a masters degree this year in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, alongside a full time job, and how she finds balance with it doing daily yoga.

Connect with Dáre online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsoniran/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

In this episode of codebar Stories we have the inspirational Jen Su.

Today she sits down with us to discuss her tech journey, from the moment she attended her first codebar workshop in November 2020, to then doing a bootcamp to becoming a Junior Developer. We speak about how important being part of a community was in her journey, and the impact her mentor had on her. And we chat will AI take our jobs!

Connect with Jen online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-s-27462888/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/

In this episode of codebar stories, we have the remarkable Rosa Fox. Rosa is a senior software developer who started her tech career over a decade ago.

Today she sits down with us to discuss her tech journey, from the moment she first saw a line of code to leading the government team in charge of notifying all of the UK of the forever changing covid rules on the gov.uk website in 2020. We dive deep into her motivations for wanting codebar to come to Brighton and why sometimes taking a step back is the best thing you can do for your mental health.

Connect with Rosa online ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-fox-535a3483/

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And finally, we are a charity and appreciate any financial support to continue our mission of making tech more diverse through free workshops and events. If you'd like support our mission, please consider making a donation here ➡️ https://codebar.enthuse.com/donate/#!/