Category Archives: Beginner Programmer
Scholarship – Women in Tech @ General Assembly in Melbourne – CLOSES MONDAY 12 September
I really wish I had seen this earlier – only 3 days to get an application in for any women interested in this rare opportunity:
https://generalassemb.ly/apply/wdi-scholarship-application-melbourne
My presentation at University Canberra, 1 September
I am presenting a session on Career development for software engineers on – so for any UC students interested in some advice on career planing come along. Similar to one I ran a month ago at ANU.
Reminder vacation program for developers in Melbourne and Canberra Dec 2015 and Jan 2016
I know I blogged about this a few days ago but I need to do a reminder already:
University students interested in software engineering in Canberra and Melbourne have a look at a new program available in run by Xero
Details about the vacation program:
https://www.xero.com/au/about/careers/vacation/about/
Details about the developer roles:
https://www.xero.com/au/about/careers/vacation/roles/#product
Making Badass Developers – Kathy Sierra (Serious Pony) keynote
Really cool short video from Kathy Sierra on “how to be a badass developer” … not sure I’d give it that heading because I think its a really interesting idea for allowing programmers/software engineers to improve skills. Give it a watch…
New podcast featuring interviews with famous software engineers and how they started out
So I am on a roll at the moment focussing on how to start as a developer/programmer/software-engineer/coder. Here is a great new podcast where a number of famous programmers are interviewed about how they got started.