Tagged "founders and coders"
What I've learnt from mentoring at coding meetups
12 Feb 2024I’ve recently been mentoring at two Founders and Coders meet ups and it made me think about what makes a good mentor - specifically when learning to code.
My experience as an apprentice at Common Knowledge
17 Aug 2022This blog was originally posted on the Common Knowledge website I’m Anna and I’m a software engineering apprentice at Common Knowledge. I thought it might be interesting to write about my experiences as a software engineering apprentice since September 2021.
5 Things I've Learnt as an Apprentice Software Developer
10 Mar 2022I’ve been working as an apprentice software developer for a couple of months now and there are some things that I’ve learnt that I wanted to share. I hope that the below is useful to you if you are thinking about becoming developers or graduating from a bootcamp and going into your first job.
Looking back at Founders and Coders
01 Jan 2022This blog is a follow up to My Journey to Becoming a Developer. In that post I described how I’d come to apply to the Founders and Coders bootcamp and make the switch to a new career. Now as I start my first job in the tech industry I’m reflecting on my experiences on the course and my hopes for the future.
Four Things I've Learnt So Far at Founders & Coders
23 Oct 2021It’s been a month since I started the full time course at Founders & Coders and it seems like a good time to talk about what I’ve been learning.
Attending Co-Tech conference at Space4
09 Oct 2021Co-Tech (Co-operative Technologists) is a network of co-operatives that sell digital or tech services. They met for their conference on 23-24th September in the co-working space at Space4 in Finsbury Park. I attended as a new member of Common Knowledge who have hired me as an apprentice software developer.
My journey to becoming a developer
09 Aug 2021I’ve worked in book publishing for eight years but I’ve loved it. I’ve won awards (which is really nice and slightly embarrassing) and I’ve worked on some beautiful books.