Being a developer is like being an architect or a car designer. She takes input from the customers and product manager, and figures out how to make it work in the code. By Josie Gillan (Director of Quality Engineering, Salesforce) There are many different career options in technology, and it can be overwhelming to figure [...]
Posts Tagged "Developer"
5 Reasons You Should Apply To Hacker School
December 27, 2012 – 7:00 am
There’s a focus at Hacker School to ship. People will ask you about what you build every week. You get to ship and tell people about it. By Jane Wang (Hacker, Etsy) Women who are interested in programming and computer science should be encouraged to take the leap in the new year and apply to [...]
How To Stay Focused While Being A Visible, Active Member Of The Female Tech Community
August 29, 2012 – 8:00 am
There are always interesting engineering events on the weekends in Silicon Valley, such as hackathons. By Julia Grace (Co-Founder & CTO, WeddingLovely) As the CTO of a small startup, my days are almost always spent head down, focused on our business and building our technical infrastructure. I’m writing code, fixing bugs, building features, thinking about [...]
Develop Your Voice As An Engineer, A Speaker
August 24, 2012 – 6:00 am
Editor’s note: A longer version of the guest blogger’s “Develop Your Voice” talk will be presented at the Grace Hopper Celebration (October 3-6 in Baltimore). By Chiu-Ki Chan (Founder & Developer, Monkey Write) When I first started working, I was happily learning all kinds of new stuff: source control, working in a team, unit testing, [...]
Women Working And Thriving In The Video Game Industry
August 10, 2012 – 5:00 am
Designer. Programmer. Developer. Producer. Artist. You might be familiar with these roles, but if they don’t appeal to you, there are others — you can still have a career in video games. By Daniela Capistrano (Writer, Current) Women of all backgrounds have the opportunity to thrive in the video game industry while changing the way [...]
