5 Things You Should Know Before Applying to Your First Internship
Internships are gamechangers! Regardless of your path into tech – university, bootcamp, and/or self-taught – internships are an immensely valuable opportunity to get a soft landing into the industry and professional working. Plus, there’s a pretty general consensus that you learn more on the job than in formal studies, so expect to walk away with lots of new skills. One…
Personal Branding 101
You’ve probably heard the term Personal Brand being thrown around with increasing frequency in the last few years – but what is it and how do you build your own? What is it and why should you care? A personal brand boils down to what you are known for and how you are perceived. In our highly competitive world, a personal brand helps…
How YOU Can Help Make Tech More Diverse and Inclusive
Technology is pervasive – it’s influenced commerce, social interaction, entertainment, medicine, city planning, transportation… the list goes on. Plus, it seemingly knows more about us than we do ourselves. Every industry on the planet has been impacted by technology in one way or another. The importance of technology created with everyone in mind becomes increases as its influence on people…
5 Things I’ve Learnt Developing Software
Releasing my first product to the public was, to put it into Xbox terms, an “Achievement Unlocked” moment. During my first internship at Microsoft on Paint 3D, I worked on the project from prototype to release. It was a very unique year and an opportunity that interns don’t often get. Since then, I have released features for the Xbox app,…
Discovery, Impact, Power – A Grace Hopper ’19 Retrospective
As a STEMette Ambassador, I joined the Fab Five, the Student to STEMette competition winners, on their trip to the Grace Hopper 2019 Conference to document their experiences. Over the week, I learnt about their unique stories, passions and goals in STEM, and the challenges they are working to overcome. Reflecting on the key takeaways that I saw across the…
Why Community is Crucial in Achieving Gender Balance in STEM
With women accounting for just 16% of the technical workforce in 2018, enormous change powered by a collective effort is needed to establish a balance of representation in the technology field. Representation drops even further when considering the intersection between minority groups in tech, such as women of color, LGBTQIA+ women, and non-binary people.
6 Months of Microsoft Lessons in 6 Minutes or Less
It feels like it was just yesterday that I walked into Microsoft’s Lift London office and crossed off day one of my career. This early-in-career checkpoint left me feeling reflective about the growth I have experienced and the lessons I have learnt.
