PinnedIMPACT: A new Women Tech Maker (WTM) Ambassador Story: Meet Diana ViléGrowing up in an analogue world, I was constantly told that my ideas didn’t matter. I vividly remember when I was eight years old, I produced a story about a digital clock and shared it excitedly with my classmates. However, to my disappointment, they stared at me as if I…5 min read5 min read
Sep 1, 2021Why people fail to learn complex skills like codingJob security. Higher pay. Remote work. The Tech world is full of promising jobs. The astonishing amount of Bootcamps, Tech schools, online tutorials, webinars and courses both online and in-person, that has arisen in the last decade make us believe anyone is able to learn to code easily. We hear…Code8 min readCode8 min read
Aug 25, 2021Tips from a hiring manager: How developers can set themselves up for successNavigating your professional career in Tech is a challenge for many developers, as each Tech company has their own hiring system and preferences in place. In this article, Code Sherpas asks StackOverflow´s hiring manager Teresa Dietrich tips on how to set yourself up for success as a developer. How to get a job in Tech The software…8 min read8 min read
Aug 19, 2021Bookreview: Clean Code on the rescueYou´ve learned yourself to code, followed several video tutorials and courses or even attended a bootcamp or two and now you are ready to start for your first jobs in Tech. But this is where it gets hard. Bootcamps make it sounds easy to get a real job after a…5 min read5 min read
Aug 18, 2021Manage your focustime with the Pomodoro Technique: Learn to code more effectively with a tomato kitchen timer.Software Engineering is a challenging field. In order to become an excellent software engineer, many skills are needed. Not only tech skills like learning to code, becoming familiar with languages and syntax, understanding algorithms, testing, but also soft skills like communication, teamwork and time management. …4 min read4 min read
Aug 17, 2021Learning how to learn: Code Sherpas’ key to stay ahead in an ever changing tech world.We spend years of our lives attending school institutions, but by the end we graduate the knowledge we obtained is already obsolete. Gone are the days we could have one job for life without having to study ever again. Technological advances, automation and globalisation have made our working life become…5 min read5 min read
Apr 28, 2021Use the full power of frontend with the #FullFrontendPower challengeLearning to code brings both great empowerment and responsibility with it. In my attempt to make coding skills accesible and available for all, I want to show why it is important to use the full power of frontend. Equal Importance, please In order to create an outstanding user experience, both the structure (HTML)…2 min read2 min read
Apr 27, 2021All good things comes in threes.The Tech world is a fascinating and fast-paced industry, where jobs are anything but short. Yet, it is one of the most challenging environments to get a job, keep it and keep learning to stay-up-to-date with the latest trends. After two years of learning myself to code, I started to…3 min read3 min read
Sep 10, 2020Air signals and marine cablesThis is how the internet works! We all browse the web to search things. But have you ever thought about what happens, when you open a browser and search for an specific website? …Internet4 min readInternet4 min read
Jun 2, 2020CSS: the style of websitesWhen the web browser renders a plain HTML page, it looks boring. CSS (“Cascading Style Sheets”) is the programming language that gives web pages their specific look & feel. This article sums up the basic syntax, elements, and style properties of CSS. What is CSS? CSS is a programming language, that defines the…CSS7 min readCSS7 min read
