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Another episode of our new podcast codebar stories is live, we have the inspirational Jennifer S. ❤️ She sits down with us to discuss her tech journey, from the moment she attended her first codebar workshop in November 2020, to then doing a bootcamp to becoming a Junior Developer. We speak about how important being part of a community was in her journey, and the impact her mentor had on her. And we chat will AI take our jobs 👀 Listen on your favourite podcast platform today ⬇️ 🟢 https://lnkd.in/dq9GYtnA 🟠 https://lnkd.in/dmDqPiPa ⚫️ https://lnkd.in/dis-RpMD

🎉 Episode 1 of codebar Stories is live with the incredible 😊 Kim D. 🎉 Kim is a software engineer, tech coach, blogger, community builder, and event organiser. Her journey with codebar began as a student way back in 2017, and since then, she’s made her mark in the tech world! In our first episode we dive into her inspiring journey into tech, the challenges she overcame, and the invaluable advice she wishes she had when she first started. Listen on your favourite podcast platform today ⬇️ 🟢 Spotify - https://lnkd.in/dKBP2Kx7 🟠 Amazon - https://lnkd.in/dmDqPiPa ⚫️ Apple - https://lnkd.in/dJ6XhDmQ

We've been able to secure some charity spots for The Hackney Half Marathon, happening next year on Sunday 18th May 2025. Experience an unforgettable weekend of sport, entertainment and celebration in East London. If you are interested in running this for codebar and fundraise vital funds that enable us to continue our mission of making tech a more inclusive and welcoming place, please drop us an email - hello@codebar.io.

"From Gazelle to Pride Leader: The Path to Public Speaking in Tech" with Carly Richmond is now live on our YouTube. In this talk, Carly share's the common misconceptions we all carry about public speaking as a result of impostor syndrome and general Glossophobia, such as not being an expert, or being technical enough, and how they can stop us from public speaking. Watch it here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dxRkVyMR

Live on our YouTube "What It's Really Like to Found (and be hired by!) a Tech-for-Good Startup" with Jaye Hackett and Lisa Ghosn. At the end of 2022, Interrobang was founded. They describe themselves as a not-for-profit, a cooperative and a tech-for-good startup. This talk is an honest story about the good and bad parts of the last year and a half: losing out on project after project, dealing with frustrating clients and learning how to ask people for more money than they've ever seen in their lives with a straight face. Watch it here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dK8TN-2q

Massive thanks to IMG ARENA for hosting another great #codebar workshop last night. We had an excellent time and hope to be back with you soon.

Now that all technical workshops from codebar Festival are live, we move onto the talks from the full day Saturday event 🚀 Up first "AI+ Tools That Make My Developer Life Easier" with Dastan Kasmamytov In this video Dastan shares his experience with various AI and non-AI tools that make his work, as a frontend developer, more productive and easier. He talks about he uses co-pilot while coding and gives an overview of tools that help him in various stages of web development, including code reviews, documentation, testing, and deployment. He also covers how AI's are enablers, not a threat that will simply replace us, and how we should adapt in order to use this enabling power of new technologies. Watch here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dTKRW52g

Are you hiring across any level in tech? If so, come along and take part in our virtual job fair next month! Each company has their own (virtual) booth, and attendees spend the 2.5 hours going in and out of the booths talking to companies about their open positions. And post the open positions on our job board for those who cannot attend. Free to take part, a fee is only paid to codebar IF you hire. Sound good? Drop us an email hello@codebar.io

📣 New on the codebar YouTube 📣 Becoming Career Ready using GitHub with Adam Drummond Learn all about how to transition your career into a technical space and how to use tools from GitHub and prepare your profile to blast off into a career in tech! Covering the following GitHub top tips: - All about the GitHub profile - Your GitHub README - GitHub Student Developer Pack - GitHub Learning Platform 🎥 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ducbcNN4

📷 Now live on YouTube 📷 In this fun workshop with Boolean UK, together we'll build the classic Whack-A-Mole arcade game using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript! Yet in true Software Developer style, the Mole is now a "Bug" that moves across the board as a 30 second timer ticks down. Squash as many Bugs as possible within the time limit and stake your claim as top Software Developer! 📹 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gugQTnA2