CodeNewbie

Chiu-Ki Chan believes in speaking. She talks to us about starting Technically Speaking, a digest highlighting talks and open calls for proposals and how she successfully shares her career achievements without feeling too self-promoting.

One day Matt watched in disappointment as a trusted tv newscaster declared facts about his home country of Grenada, that conflicted with reports from his relatives back home. That was the beginning of his passion for news and his work in data journalism.

When Matt Mitchell saw the tv anchor mention his home country of Grenada, he sat up straight. But his excited soon turned to confusion when this trusted tv newscaster mispronounced names and places in Grenada, and declared facts that conflicted with reports from his relatives back home. It made him think hard about where data comes from, who tells it, and how it can shift as it exchanges hands. That was the beginning of his passion for news and his work in data journalism. He tells us about his journey, what it’s like to work at the NY Times, and how he combines his love of code to his passion for the news.

Juan loves his home country, Colombia. But he was frustrated by the pervasive negative headlines describing it as dangerous. He knew Colombia’s potential, and he wanted to show the world what it was capable of. So he started organizing tech conferences.

Majora Carter grew up in the South Bronx, and has spent her life building up the community she loves. She tells us how she created Startup Box, a company focused on providing training and jobs for in-demand roles in quality assurance.

She spent 12+ years as a chef. But when Adrienne Lowe decided to invest in coding skills, she didn’t want to leave her culinary love behind. Adrienne shares how she uses her cooking skills to be a better coder and how a major life event got her started.

Chris Palmer spends his time thinking about how to make a browser more secure. We talk to Chris about how he makes security decisions and what new developers should consider when thinking about security in the products they build.

Danilo lived in public housing until he was two. Now a self-taught iOS developer, he’s using his technical skills and personal journey to help bring the internet to the thousands living in public housing in the US.

Christina started as a server administrator. But over the years, she found her way into information security. She talks to us about why CodeNewbies should care about security even as developers, and how she’s navigated her own coding journey.

Selena’s been in tech for twenty years. She got her first taste of open source software back in 1995, and since then, she’s been an open source contributor bringing more people into tech.