Hunt

  • talk about transitioning into tech as an adult

  • marketing -> programmer

  • Innovation Engineer @ Elastic

  • Business Assistants, Nursing, etc., is where you find women to work in tech.

  • Cognitive Diversity improves problem solving

  • Parents and family shouldn't assume that their female family members aren't interested in tech.

  • See altacademy for low cost courses and bootcamps. You can sponsor a student too.

  • Be specific with information to help people when they get started

    • Create a list of resources that you think would be helpful for a new person.
  • Get to the know the style of the person you are mentoring.

  • Learning on the side is hard because "brains need a break".

  • People needa supportive company & job environment

  • Transition programs at a company (allow people to move into different fields (read: tech) while holding their current position)

  • Leaern to code slack channel

  • Introduce people to light tech things

  • Expand definition of an engineer

  • Show your mistakes

  • Don't be a tech bro

@britt_joiner (Private) youtube.com/c/brittanyjoiner

alt academy