Mbithe NzomoinInitiateDjango Girls Introduces Women to Programming at Andela NairobiWhen Joan Ngatia told me she was thinking of planning a Django Girls workshop in Nairobi, I was thrilled. Django Girls is a non-profit…Dec 7, 2016Dec 7, 2016
Mbithe NzomoBootcamp Day 8: “And The Fellows Are…”Friday. Presentation day. The hours leading up to the presentations are blurry now, but I do remember not being able to eat during lunch…Apr 3, 20161Apr 3, 20161
Mbithe NzomoBootcamp Day 7: “The Final Push”Thursday. The last day before we present our projects. It’s the final push in more ways than one. It’s the last sprint before the finish…Apr 1, 20162Apr 1, 20162
Mbithe NzomoBootcamp Days 5 & 6: “Projects”Week Two is here. It’s project time. You’ll forgive me if my post is a little shorter than usual: time is a scarce resource this week. (You…Mar 30, 2016Mar 30, 2016
Mbithe NzomoBootcamp Day 4: “And Then We Were Half”I ended my last post by saying that I was looking forward to Day 4. It turns out I lied. Well, half-lied. I was looking forward to it but…Mar 28, 2016Mar 28, 2016
Mbithe NzomoBootcamp Day 3: “Test Yourself!”The FFT for Day 2 was: “How can you make sure your code works”? Naturally, this sparked an interesting discussion on Day 3 with every…Mar 24, 2016Mar 24, 2016
Mbithe NzomoBootcamp Day 2: “Git It Together”Food For Thought (FFT) is something we’re given at the end of each day to think over so we can discuss it the following day. The FFT on Day…Mar 23, 2016Mar 23, 2016
Mbithe NzomoBootcamp Day 1: “We Only Want 3 Of You”Day 1 of Bootcamp confirmed what I had been gradually suspecting to be true: that Andela is actually the real deal. Being the first day, we…Mar 23, 20161Mar 23, 20161
Mbithe NzomoMaking it to Andela Bootcamp! :)When I first heard about Andela, it sounded more than a little suspect. I mean, it’s a pretty radical concept: finding the smartest people…Mar 22, 20161Mar 22, 20161