**Update: I've now been in my job for nearly a year so I thought it about time I make a couple of changes to this post. Upon reflection, a lot of this advice is useful for graduates or those wanting to change their job regardless of the industry. I talk about several different things in this post, but if you don't want to read it all my advice constitutes of the following things: #1 Free (or very cheap) online courses/ training #2 Events #3 Meetups #4 Twitter #5 LinkedIn #6 S

... The Interview Series is back! Excuse the silence for the past couple of weeks/months (oops), amongst other adulty things, I've had to take a rain check to finish my MA, move 200 odd miles across the country and sort myself out with a job. The good news being, that I'm very very nearly there and I have a back-log of insightful & enlightening interviews to post. So, without further ado I'd like to introduce you all to another one of my cyber-heroes, Catherine Knibbs. Like m

For all the women and men who have helped me on my journey so far. I thought I'd do something a little different this week as my heart is so full, it would be silly not to. I also thought I'd reflect a little bit on my experiences and what I've learnt since embarking on my digital journey. Firstly, I'd like to say a massive thank you to the wonderful women who have already completed my interview series. Big up Nesa, Sarah, Ceri-Anne, Jasmine, Jenny and Penny and to Ivana, Cat

I was met the lovely Penny at the Lead it: Tech and Entrepreneurship event I attended back in May. Penny is a first class computer science graduate with first class teaching skills, Penny taught us some coding basics at the Lead it event and some of us even made our first websites** Penny has fantastic problem solving skills and perhaps more importantly patience, as many of us struggled away with cries of "it's not working" Penny kept her cool and figured out the various prob

I was introduced to Ceri-Anne Jackson when she spoke about her experiences of "Getting into Tech" at the last @Ladies of Code MeetUp. Ceri's story is a really fascinating one, because she proves that you don't need a certain degree, or a certain career background to "Get into tech" and that anyone who puts their mind to it, can do it. I was really inspired by Ceri and the speech that she gave. Thank you for sharing your experiences Ceri! "I am a software developer at Sky curr