So Long, Farewell…

The Story So Far

Finding A Junior Friendly Team

Part One

As with any job, experience is integral to growth and career progression, but what people don’t really speak about is the right kind of experience. It’s not enough to land a job as a junior developer, you have to be in the right…

Introducing The Team

For a long time, the blackgirl.tech team has just been me, Lola, there have been many who have helped along the way, who have given their time and energy at various points, but no one who has been permanent. I’ve put out calls for writers and volunteers in the past without getting much…

Code Stories: Olu Niyi-Awosusi

This post originally appeared on the old blackgirl.tech site.

The :bgt Road Map 🚀

So, as you may know we’ve got lots planned for 2017 and we’ve already kicked things off with three workshops in January, a private screening of Hidden Figures and a virtual reality workshop later this month. We’ve also grown our core team, volunteers and advisory board, the members of which…

Code Stories: Nadia Odundayo

This post originally appeared on the old blackgirl.tech site.

3 months as an Intern: where did the time go?!

If you had told me 3–4 months ago that I would be…

My second month as an 8th Light Intern!

It’s hard to believe that we’re already 10 weeks into our 14-week internship with 8th…

CSS: How I (should) Name My Classes

When I began to learn how to code I was taught that naming your CSS classes properly is important, super important. You want your naming to be clear and consistent, at the time, that meant describing your element. So your logo element will naturally have the class…

Five Things to Look for in a Junior Role

I’m going to preface this piece by saying, finding your first job can be difficult. An employer has to be willing to take a chance on you, and not many employers can or do, further more, there’s a higher demand for senior developers, which makes the job…