๐ It's the most wonderful time of the year! ๐
๐ It's the most wonderful time of the year! ๐ Last bi-monthly newsletter of 2024.

It's our last bi-monthly newsletter of 2024. It's been nearly a year since we moved and self-hosted our newsletter on Ghost, and we are are very happy with it.
๐ The annual Techie Table Quiz is back again by Irish Geeks, Vicky Twomey-Lee & Michael Twomey (Coding Grace) and Declan McGrath (Ruby Ireland). This year, they are joined by Niall Maher and Carolina Cobo from Codรบ. The charity quiz is hosted by Workday on Tue, Dec 3. Keep an eye when registration opens and join the Irish Tech Community for an evening of fun, merriment and all for a good cause: Dublin Simon Community.

Following the holiday theme, PyLadies Dublin will have their last meetup of 2024 and celebrating the year inviting members and friends to bring your own bakes and projects for an evening of fun, chats & baked treats, and kindly hosted by DIGIT, a Scopely Studio on Tue Nov 19th.

๐ A big congrats to TechFoundHer launching in LA! And also good luck to the 35 particpants in Ireland and Northern Ireland who are taking part in TechFoundHer's newest programme, Innovation Labs.
And more good news for TechFoundHer both Mรกirรญn Murray and Vicky Twomey-Lee were nominated for eir VIP Publishing Power of Women Awards 2024: Nominees for the Tech & Digital award!
(Just a wee note that Vicky has stepped back from TechFoundHer to concentrate on her own projects)

If you haven't already, check out Beta Festival's programme, it's on till Nov 17.
Year ending means we review the list of diversity in tech groups to see who's been active and/or new. and do a bit of a tidy up. Right now there's over 60 diversity in tech groups and organisations around Ireland and Northern Ireland.
๐ Here are the groups that appeared in 2024, welcome to the community!
If I'm missing a group/organisation, let us know and we will update the listings.

๐ฌ To keep the conversation going, join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/PVNQcpH4gq


๐ We are delighted to have fourTheorem back on board to support us as one of our sponsors, and a huge thanks to ShipItCon and their community for their kind donation.
๐ Dublin City PPN - Community Partner, we are also members.

๐ For our long time supporters and those who contributed recently, thank you on behalf of the team.
๐ If you want to be involved with Coding Grace, there are different ways from offering to mentoring ๐งโ๐ซ, collaborating ๐ค, help spreading the word about us ๐ฌ, and financial contributions ๐คฒ.
๐ And a huge thanks to our regular Open Collective contributors ๐


๐ค Wexford Tech Meetup: Call for Speakers
๐ค PyLadies Dublin: Call for Speakers 2025

Looking to share or run something with us?
- Lightning Talks
- Workshops
- Show & Tell
- Maker activity
- Other ideas for an event
Any questions, or looking to sponsor/host our event, email: dublin@pyladies.com

๐ค Founders - Late Applications

While our main application round has closed, we recognize that extraordinary talent doesn't always follow a schedule. We're still considering late applications from individuals with exceptional drive and ambition. If you believe you have what it takes, apply nowโlimited spots available - we look at everything that comes in!
โ๏ธ Codรบ 6-Week Writing Challenge!
The challenge is simple: write 6 articles in 6 weeks, and get a mystery swag bag at the end of it!

(In-Person) Fierce Summit @ Dogpatch Labs
Fri Nov 8, 2024 (09:30)
(In-Person) NI Tech Talk Rehearsals - November Edition @ Instil
Thu Nov 14, 2024 (17:30)
(Online) Awakenhub: Breaking Through: Navigating Medical Technology Adoption in the U.S. Healthcare System
Tue Nov 19, 2024 (17:00)
(In-Person) ๐๐ช๐ป PyLadies Dublin: BYO Bakes and Projects @ DIGIT
Tue Nov 19, 2024 (18:30)
(In-Person) Tech ie: Women in Tech 2024 @ The Spencer Hotel
Thu Nov 21, 2024 (18:00)
(In-Person) Women in Tech Belfast: The Evolving Paycheck: Smart Strategies for Every Career Stage
Thu Nov 28, 2024 (17:30)


โญ๏ธ Our next bi-monthly newsletter will be in January 2025, if you have announcements, events, opportunities for our Jan-Febr Newsletter, drop us an email at contact@codinggrace.com.
Cheers,
/// Vicky ๐ฑ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฆ