Glowing in Tech

Michaela is a full stack software engineer currently working at a #cyber security #startup. She switched her career in 2020 and hasn't looked back since! In her spare time, she teaches #React to people who want to learn the library or folks looking to change their career to tech.  In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Michaela shares her career challenge which is getting a more mentoring...

Are you interested in becoming a software engineer? Do you want to learn about the different routes you can take to get there? In this episode of Glowing in Tech, Jessie and Amber will be talking about how they made the career switch into becoming Software Engineers the different routes that they took to get there, and the industries that they're in.  In the first episode of season 2 of *Glowing i...

Michaela is a full stack software engineer currently working at a cyber security startup. She switched her career in 2020 and hasn't looked back since! In her spare time, she teaches React to people who want to learn the library or folks looking to change their career to tech.  This episode of the podcast discusses the importance of learning tutorials and frameworks, even if you feel like you don'...

Are you interested in becoming a career in the tech industry? Do you want to learn about the different routes you can take to get there? In season 2 of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Jessie and Amber talk to women in the tech industry about their careers, the different routes that they took to get there, and the industries that they're in. They'll also be sharing their career challenges. In the "Wha...

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. She is the CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young wome...

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. She is the CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young wome...

Renée-Louise Nzegbulem is a #SoftwareEngineer @Beamery. Prior to this, Renée was a Mathematics Teacher after completing her Economics degree, and a year later took a leap of faith into the tech industry. The serendipities of life landed Renée a fulfilling role at a scale up, as a software engineer. She now specializes in #frontend development, building products for some of the biggest fortune 500...

Renée-Louise Nzegbulem is a #SoftwareEngineer @Beamery . Prior to this, Renée was a Mathematics Teacher after completing her Economics degree, and a year later took a leap of faith into the tech industry. The serendipities of life landed Renée a fulfilling role at a scale up, as a software engineer. She now specialises in #frontend development, building products for some of the biggest fortune 500...

Tara is a #SoftwareEngineer at Google. She's a speaker, teacher and writer sharing tips and advice on career development in the tech industry.  Tara is a regular supporter of programmes and projects for black women and minorities by teaching them to code and mentoring them in their careers. She has worked as a STEM Ambassador inspiring children and young people, while volunteering at Code Clubs, g...

Tara is a Software Engineer at Google. She's a speaker, teacher and writer sharing tips and advice on career development in the tech industry.  Tara is a regular supporter of programmes and projects for black women and minorities by teaching them to code and mentoring them in their careers. She has worked as a STEM Ambassador inspiring children and young people, while volunteering at Code Clubs, g...

At the time of recording, Ife Ojomo was working as a Software Engineer at Vodafone through their grad scheme, but has now landed a role as a Prototyping Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS). On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her tech topic in 10 which is all about behavioural science and shares her controversial take about whether every company that uses tech is a tech c...

At the time of recording, Ife Ojomo was working as a Software Engineer at Vodafone through their grad scheme, but has now landed a role as a Prototyping Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS). On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares how she went from a degree in Mathematics, to working in PR, to landing a graduate role as a Software Engineer at Vodafone. Aside from her professio...

What is Behaviour-Driven Development? How can it be used to benefit the whole product team? How do you rubberduck? What are the secrets to writing great documentation? On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, we are joined by the one and only Tanya Powell who works as a co-CTO at Coding Black Females. She shares her tech topic in tech which is all about behaviour driven development, and her...

How did Tanya go from Media Production to working as a CTO? What inspired her to do the switch? What was a masters in Computer Science like, coming from a non-technical background? Tanya Powell is the Co-CTO at Coding Black Females, where she leads both the training and technology strategies and visions of the largest network on Black Female Technologists in the UK. Prior to that, Tanya was a Seni...

What are the DORA metrics and why are they so important in the #DevOps world? What happened at EMF Camp festival this year and what would we recommend to prevent the same mistakes? How do we make tech events and spaces more #inclusive? On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her tech topic in ten which is all about DORA metrics and her controversial take on EMF Camp being called...

Jessica Cregg is a Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly. When she’s not interpreting error messages or learning new things, she’s a big fan of organizing meetups, volunteering at conferences and talking about the human implications of engineering decisions, along with why tech can’t and won’t solve everything. On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her remarkable journey into dev...

On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast we have the pleasure of speaking to Charlene Hunter, who is the CEO and Founder of Coding Black Females. She shares her tech topic in 10 about building digital products for Coding Black Females and her controversial tech take that finding the time for side projects isn’t always realistic. Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: htt...

Charlene Hunter is the CEO and Founder of Coding Black Females. On this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she shares her remarkable journey into tech and what inspired her to start the amazing community & organisation that is Coding Black Females. Stay up to date by following us on our socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech...

Zoë Ruki Nengite (@zoerukintech) is a technical lead at Palantir, a mentor, a STEM ambassador and now a technical interviewer too. She shares her tech topic where she speaks about demystifying data engineering, humans making AI-assisted data driven decisions, and spills the tech tea on the misconceptions of meritocracy. For the show notes to this episode, including resources and how best to get in...

Zoë (@zoerukintech) is a technical lead at Palantir, a mentor, a STEM ambassador and now a technical interviewer too. We ask her about what makes someone stand out in a technical interview, now that she’s a hiring manager. We discuss differences in working in tech at a big corp vs a small startup and how that can impact progression. We ask her what it’s like becoming a tech lead in 2 years and why...

Meet Amina Aweis on our first episode of the @glowingintech podcast. Amina is a neurodivergent accessibility advocate, founder, writer and content creator, leading and shaping conversations about what it means to be digitally inclusive. In this episode, she shares her journey into tech and gives us an introduction to web accessibility. Stay tuned for Part two! Show notes: https://www.notion.so/Glo...

Meet Amina Aweis on our first episode of the @glowingintech podcast.   Amina is a neurodivergent accessibility advocate, founder, writer and content creator, leading and shaping conversations about what it means to be digitally inclusive.   In this episode, she shares her journey into tech and gives us an introduction to web accessibility. Stay tuned for Part two! Show notes: https://www.notion.so...

A weekly conversation between two black women Software Engineers and guests. We explore how to thrive whilst navigating the tech space and encourage more people from diverse backgrounds to level up in their careers. Stay up to date by following us on our socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowingintech Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glowingintech Support/Advertise with us: https://for...