Tech Unstack

In this episode we put our hair down and chill with Jaylene Ramalatso, a Digital Marketing Specialist who runs her newly-born digital marketing company called House Of Intelligence. House of Intelligence specializes in Digital Marketing, Digital Brand Development, Content Creation and Website Development. 

We talk about what digital marketing is, how it differs from more traditional methods of advertising and how businesses can leverage the presence of social media to grow their respective businesses.

She lets us in on her journey into digital marketing, her journey to the realization of House of Intelligence and her day to day challenges while running her business.

You can find out more about House of Intelligence by following @house_of_intelligence on Instagram, Twitter @marketinghoi or clicking the following link: House Of Intelligence – Let’s Enrich Your Digital Brand, Let’s Grow Your Business, Let's Tell Your Story. You can engage with Jaylene herself on Twitter @bawwsing. 

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For now, go on, unstack!

Software Engineer by day and content creator by night; we speak to Naledi a tech YouTuber and problem solver. Naledi shares her journey as a social media content creator, how she started making YouTube videos and what exactly inspired her to pick up her phone and record. We're reflecting on the challenges that come with "putting yourself out there" on the internet, Naledi also shares how she gained the confidence to press publish.

More about Naledi

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/NalediMge

Twitter - https://twitter.com/KingLeddi

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/simply_naledi/

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Developing and creating space for tech talent in South Africa with Mixo Ngoveni. Mixo is the CEO and Founder of Geekulcha, a tech platform that has been connecting young people in tech to opportunities and community for over 7 years by hosting hackathons and career development events across South Africa. We spoke about how young talent can best equip themselves for job readiness whilst in university and what role organizations and government can play in developing tech talent. 

More about Mixo Ngoveni

Geekulcha - https://geekulcha.dev/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/4otune

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mixo-ngoveni/

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This week we talk to software developer, Basalt IT's own Phathutshedzo Khabubu. 

We talk about what web development is, how to get into it and touch a bit on the mistakes you should avoid as a person coming into the career. 

Phathu fills us in on the nitty gritties of solving a challenge using software and turning that into a business, case in point Get Inbox, a unified inbox to manage all your social media from one place.

He fills us in on what happens before a software product is ready to be shipped off and used by the masses

For more info, listen to this episode duh! And then follow @get_inbox and @khabubu_phathu for updates on Get Inbox. 

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Heyy, what's good? 

So we had taken a bit of an unplanned production break and now we are back to tackle the the events of the tech scene for the time we have not been here. From TikTok shaking up the social media scene with impactful collaborations to Samsung trying to make flip phones a thing again. In this episode we bring you into our thoughts about the recent developments in the tech space and how we feel about them. 

On a more personal note we talk about taking breaks and rest and just normalising prioritizing your health over the continuous productivity the world demands from us.

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Welcome to another instalment of the unconventional path chronicles :) where we let our hair down and get to know each other. We explore some crazy experiences from our younger selves, celebrate our achievements and share some of the things that nobody knows about us. 

WE HAVE A NEW SEGMENT ON THE PODCAST: Audio notes is a segment where you can send in an audio message to us. Whether you want to shoot your shot at a company or shoutout what you do, send in a short voice message in three ways:

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We get to know Full Stack Software Engineer, Hlulani Baloyi. She takes us through her journey in software develolment and how she has contributed to the tech community in terms of women upliftment. She shares her passions with us and dabbles into how shooting her shot no matter the circumstances has catapulted her career. 

She wrote an article on the struggles with impostor syndrome and it will definitely come in handy for a junior. 

Check it out here https://iamhlulani.com/blog.html#369

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Last week we first broke the conversation on thriving as a self taught tech professional. If you have not listened to that maybe do that by clicking >>>Here.

This week we continue with the conversation and talk about how to position yourself for opportunities by learning outside the traditional space you are in eg school. We talk about how to put yourself out there and be part of a community with people who are interested in the same things as you. 

We get into time management and our experiences with it as we are currently juggling a whole lot of things outside of just getting our careers off the ground. 

Don't forget to sign up for #SafeHack2021 taking place from the 31 of July to the 1st of August. Sign Up Here

Learn CSS from Google's free CSS course here.

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On this episode we dive into what being a self taught tech professional is. Mbali shares her journey with self teaching software development and Yenzi goes into hers with self teaching User Experience design and Marketing. We go into the challenges that we have faced and you might find a trick or two on how we have optimized learning during our journey.

This is a two-part series so the conversation goes on on next week's episode.

SafeHack2021 is taking place from the 31 of July to the 1st of August. Sign up here. 

Learn CSS from Google's free CSS course here. 

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On this week's episode we talk to Design Lead and Master's Student, Tshwanelo Modise to talk to us about User Experience Design. She gets into a bit of her journey with design and how she has grown in the industry.

Tshwanelo drops some valuable insights on the kind of skills one needs to get into UX design and how one can grow in the tech design field. We talk about intersections of design with other tech disciplines and how to navigate those as a designer. 

If you are interested in UX design or any tech based design field, this is the episode to not miss.

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