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Accidental CTO, FinTech for good, being headhunted Renee Hunt: Part 1 Apr 18, 2023

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In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, we are joined by Renee Hunt and she talks to us about accidentally becoming a CTO, using FinTech for good, moving to the UK from DC, and much more.

Renee Hunt discusses her approach to leadership and hiring, as well as her experiences being headhunted for CTO roles. She also touches on the differences in work culture and pay between the US and the UK. Hunt challenges stereotypes of female leadership and emphasizes the importance of operating in the future as a leader.

Renee has over 30 years of experience in technology, starting her career in the US Army Signal Corp, then moving into the private sector after getting her MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Compare the Market, the UK’s leading Price Comparison company.

Time stamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:44 Being a CTO is Surprising.

03:48 Fintech for good.

07:22 Chasing job titles.

11:25 Non-traditional CTO career paths.

15:53 Non-engineers in tech leadership.

19:03 Work-life balance and mental health.

21:56 Female leadership in technology.

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When to move companies in tech, Self-promotion + Moving from Kenya to the UK: Nelly Kiboi - Part 2 Apr 11, 2023

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In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Nelly talks about her career challenge which was about moving from Kenya to work in Burgess Hill as a Software Engineer and her tech tea on how learning something new is underrated!

Nelly Kiboi is a service engineer at Microsoft who leverages her passion for emerging technologies to drive equality and accessibility.

Originally from Kenya, Nelly relocated to the UK in 2016, and now helps independent software vendors and startups maximise their Azure experience.

Before joining Microsoft, Nelly was a software engineer at American Express where she played a key role in enhancing developer experience and contributing to the company's open-source product development platform, One Amex.

Nelly is committed to empowering the next generation of women in tech, and has created and led coding classes, contributed to groups that educate and encourage young women to build careers in tech. Her impact was acknowledged in 2021 when she received the esteemed FDM everywoman in Technology Software Engineer Award.

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Discovering Open source, working @ Microsoft + learning on the job: Nelly Kiboi - Part 1 Apr 04, 2023

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In this episode, Nelly Kiboi discusses her experience discovering open source and working at Microsoft, as well as the importance of contributing to open source projects. She also talks about her transition to a new country and building confidence in herself through small steps and finding supportive communities.

Nelly emphasizes that contributing to open source can take many forms, not just source code contributions. One can create lists, share fun projects, and even sponsor other contributors. She believes that open source work can help individuals stand out in job applications and improve their chances of landing a role.

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From office pet to threat, Tech newbie + the struggles of career switching: Adrienne Galloway Mar 28, 2023

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Adrienne has been a Software Engineer for just under a year and currently works for a London-based software consultancy specialising in cloud-native technologies.

She began her career in corporate Public Relations, working with some of the UK’s most well known FTSE 100 companies. Not long after that she transitioned into technology and lifestyle PR at a boutique London PR agency where her clients included everything from dating apps to a high-speed air mobility company and venture capital firms.

After experimenting with coding during the pandemic, she secured a scholarship with Coding Black Females and Makers coding bootcamp in summer 2021 and started her first role in April 2022.

In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Adrienne shares her career challenge which is all about the process of switching careers in the first place and spills her tech tea on the "office pet to office threat" scenario.

Be sure to catch up on part 1 of her episode where she gives us the insight into the process to gain a scholarship through Makers, leaning into community when learning how to code and shares her industry insight all about cloud native transformation.

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Public Relations to Software Engineer, Bootcamp scholarships & cloud native transformation: Adrienne Galloway - Part 1 Mar 21, 2023

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Adrienne has been a Software Engineer for just under a year and currently works for a London-based software consultancy specialising in cloud-native technologies.

After experimenting with coding during the pandemic, she secured a scholarship with Coding Black Females and Makers coding bootcamp in summer 2021 and started her first role in April 2022.

In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, Adrienne walks us through how she transitioned from working in PR to learning how to code and landing a scholarship with Makers that bagged her a role as a Software Engineer.

She gives us the insight into the process to gain a scholarship through Makers, leaning into community when learning how to code and shares her industry insight all about cloud native transformation.

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Michaela Gasteratou - Part 2: Building a mentorship culture, accessible interview practices Mar 14, 2023

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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 culture to help cultivate growth in software engineers who are at their start of their career. She also shares her controversial take in the tech tea section where she delves into her opinions on the interview process for graduate programmes/entry level roles.

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Michaela Gasteratou - Part 1: Pandemic career switch, leaving software consultancy, retraining from frontend to fullstack engineer, documentation + accessibility Mar 07, 2023

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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't have the time. The guest argues that it's important to take the time to learn these things, even if it means doing a tutorial at work, because it will pay off in the long run. Amber and Jessie agree and add that sometimes the documentation for these things can be difficult to understand, so it's helpful to have someone to walk you through it.

Michaela speaks about changing careers during the pandemic, working on accessibility in her role, and SWE job applications without having a computer science degree.

- The importance of learning new frameworks and technologies, even if you feel like you don't have the time

- The importance of being able to read and take notes from documentation when transitioning from front end to back end coding

- Michaela's journey into the tech industry, beginning with her engineering background and then moving into software

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Routes into tech: an insider's guide on becoming a Software Engineer Mar 07, 2023

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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 in Tech*, Amber and Jessie delve into their own personal experiences of entering the tech industry.

Amber and Jessie met at a boot camp in January 2021. They started with an intense week of learning HTML, CSS, Python, and Git. After that, they continued with part-time learning for about 15 weeks.

The conversation covers different routes into tech. While a computer science degree is still a respected route, it is not the only one. Boot camps and self-study are also viable options. Amber recommends researching various boot camps, reading reviews, and understanding the curriculum before committing to one.

Jessie and Amber were involved in online communities while they were learning to code. They mention the "100 days of code" challenge, which they both tried but failed to complete. However, they learned that they did not have to do it alone. There are many resources available online and communities to engage with.

The conversation ends with a discussion on how to transition into a new role. Jessie discusses moving internally and being supported by her colleagues. Amber, on the other hand, joined a big corporation as her first engineering role. She enjoyed not having a reputation and felt that transferable skills from her previous roles were valuable.

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- Jessie and Amber's routes into tech

- The importance of finding the right resources

- The different routes to becoming a software engineer

- The pros and cons of bootcamps

- The challenge of moving from customer success to software engineering

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Glowing in Tech Careers Season Trailer Mar 06, 2023

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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 "What's the Tech Tea?" segment, they'll be spilling their controversial take on something within the industry.

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Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE - Part 2: Tech burnout, Future of work, AI developments Oct 18, 2022

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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 women in the STEM sectors.

In 2022 she released her new book She’s in CTRL a guidebook for women to take back tech.

In this episode of the Glowing in Tech podcast, she speaks about the future of work, the 4 day work week and her controversial tech tea take.

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