Coding Grace Summer Newsletter
Vicky here, and welcome to our May-June newsletter.
Our first series of virtual talks called Cupán Tae Conf is coming to an end. Our next and final speaker is Patricia Aas.
🎟️ There's still a chance to get your ticket (€5) and join us online and hang about after to chat with other devs/engineers.
Laura Nolan's talk will be available soon on our Youtube channel.
Huge thanks to @lauralifts who is hosting us with tea & snacks at her beautiful house in Kildare as well as speaking rn at @CodingGrace's #CupánTaeConf talk.
— whykay 李韋岐 👩🏻💻🐈🏳️🌈 (@whykay) March 26, 2024
Two of her cats are very welcoming & soooo cute!#TechTalks #Community #CupánTae pic.twitter.com/tcK3EPmexb
The livestream of John Looney's talk will removed and will be replaced with the official video.
Setting up for our 2nd #CupánTaeConf kindly hosted by @john_p_looney, also our amazing speaker today talking about "Second System Effect - not a new problem".. starting in 5 mins.https://t.co/pEeNURwCiT#TechTalks #Community pic.twitter.com/GV4h2wng6C
— Coding Grace (@CodingGrace) April 4, 2024
A big thanks to Laura and John for hosting us at their house for the livestream and all their kitty hosts as well for making us welcome and letting us pet them. 😺
As you may or may not know about the sad news recently about Women Who Code shutting down. As a past Women Who Code Dublin Director and now ex-Legacy Leader, I've joined many women who have benefitted either being involved or attending their initiatives.
After more than a decade of empowering diverse women to excel in technology careers, we are announcing the difficult decision to close Women Who Code. So much has been accomplished, but our mission is not complete.
— Women Who Code (@WomenWhoCode) April 18, 2024
Read the full announcement → https://t.co/z6tAeZitrH pic.twitter.com/XXXRSvsdCd
BUT... the community rallied together straight away with independent slack and discord servers setup to make sure their communities in local chapters are safe. 💪 As of writing, a new rebirth of this community from lots of hard work has been created called – W.E. Tech (Women Everywhere in Tech). They are preparing to publicly open their server, I'll be sharing about it, so watch this space.
What about the Dublin chapter? Well, some amazing news, the wonderful Beth (formerly WWCode Belfast) has created an all-island group to combine ex-WWCode Belfast and Dublin chapters via this new meetup group. We hope that we don't lose WWCode members and also gain new faces. If you want to get involved, contact the team there.
Speaking of community, TechFoundHer Boot Camp recently tool place at the historic location - Dublin City Hall. Huge thanks to everyone involved, the speakers, attendees, what a day to remember!
TechFoundHer
I've just about recovered, but more events are coming to both in Belfast and Dublin. See both events below, there's still time to register.
So it's been a busy couple of months, and for those who are busy, here's a recommendation from Elaine Burke if you feel you are burning out with this masterclass.
Elaine Burke
SPONSOR: fourTheorem
❤️ Thanks to Symantec and All the Tech Things for sponsoring Pi-Tops v2. We now have 4 in total for our events and collaborations.
🌈 Dublin City PPN - Community Partner, we are also members.
🌈 For our long time supporters and those who contributed recently, thank you on behalf of the team.
💖 If you want to be involved with Coding Grace, there are different ways from offering to mentoring 🧑🏫, collaborating 🤝, help spreading the word about us 💬, and financial contributions 🤲.
🙏 And a huge thanks to our regular Open Collective contributors🙏
Donations will help with to admin fees which includes bank charges, accountancy fees, zoom subscriptions. We are doing this as volunteers, so every little helps.
PyLadies Dublin
Normally on the 3rd Tue every month either in-person or remote.
Topics (Python-related or Python adjacent) can include: Core Python, creative tech, testing, career, libraries, all things data, frontend, backend, SRE, etc.
⚡️ Lightning talks welcomed.
Call for a speaker to give a talk on Python and Data.
🗓️ Special Event Date: Wed Jun 19th (18:30)
Any questions, email: dublin@pyladies.com
Scholarship for Cybersecurity Career Starters
Thanks to Jan Carroll for sharing this scholarship
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Dublin Maker: Maker Ambassador (Temp)
Dublin Maker is looking for a Maker Ambassador!
To find out more about this position based in UCD, select “Mechanical & Materials Engineering” with keywords “Dublin Maker” when you go to the following website:
(Online) Cupán Tae Virtual Talk Series: Patricia Aas - Classic Vulnerabilities
When: Tue May 7, 2024 (18:00)
(In-Person) SheVentures - Ireland's first all-island summit for women founders @ Lusty Beg Island
When: Mon May 20, 2024 (09:00)
(In-Person) WTM Belfast Book Club #5 @ Rapid7
When: Tue May 21, 2024 (18:00)
(In-Person) PyLadies Dublin May Meetup @ DIGIT Game Studios
When: Tue May 21, 2024 (18:30)
(In-Person) TechFoundHer AI Roadshow including première screening of SHOW HER THE MONEY (Belfast)
When: Wed May 22, 2024 (14:00)
(In-Person) TechFoundHer: SHOW HER THE MONEY - Dublin Movie Première and Panel Discussion
When: Fri May 24, 2024 (11:00)
(Online) AwakenHub Legal Series Journey Map with Taylor Wessing Ireland
When: Wed May 29, 2024 (12:30)
(In-Person) Black Girls in Tech: Technology Awards @ Dogpatch Labs
When: Thu May 30, 2024 (16:00)
🌈 If you want to add an event, you can submit a PR or or an issue on github, Or you can email me at contact@codinggrace.com.
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And now as the days are longer, you can kick back and geek out with some free ebooks from Apress.
⏭️ Our next bi-monthly newsletter will be in July 2024, if you have announcements, events, opportunities for our July-August Newsletter, drop us an email at contact@codinggrace.com.
Cheers,
/// Vicky 🐱🏳️🌈🦄