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    5 Things You Should Know Before Applying to Your First Internship

    Holly Boothroyd / July 14, 2022

    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…

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    5 Things I’ve Learnt Developing Software

    Holly Boothroyd / November 21, 2021

    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,…

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    Why Community is Crucial in Achieving Gender Balance in STEM

    Holly Boothroyd / September 26, 2019

    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.

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    6 Months of Microsoft Lessons in 6 Minutes or Less

    Holly Boothroyd / March 10, 2019

    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.

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