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Everytime I see the name or brand SheCodeAfrica it reminds me 2020, when I was starting to learn how to write how to code and one of the communities I joined was SheCodeAfrica. Later on that year I got a chance to mentor girls who were on Javascript beginner's track it was an humbling moment. I made alot of friends through the communities and I'm always proud seeing members of SheCodeAfrica. I was part of the first cohort of SheCodeAfrica's contributhon program that happened last year, this week one of the ladies who we attended the program together reached out in regards to a project they're working on and its been a year since we talked but it reminded me the power of networking and being in a tech communities that breaks especially being from Kenya and she's from another African country. SHECODEAFRICA LFG🙏🙌💪🏿🚀❤
Inspiring🌟
Thank you for sharing your tech story. Sure, it will motivate #CodeNewbies here.
We are happy to have been part of your success story.
My advice to young women learning to code is to realize that imposter syndrome is normal for everyone, regardless of who they are, and to use it as a strength. Let it motivate your drive to learn and become skilled in your field. And when it’s telling you to hesitate or hold back—don’t listen to it; push back. The positive feedback you receive will help you prove to yourself that you really do deserve to be here.
Yes, Imposter syndrome is normal.
This is why we encourage She Code Africa Queens to Share their feelings, Let go of perfectionism, Share their failures, Accept it, and Celebrate their successes.
We build a welcoming and safe space for them to let it all out.
Letting go of perfectionism is key. Worst case scenario, you get so wrapped up in being “perfect” and never making mistakes that you never learn and you give up on coding altogether. Getting stuck is normal and even necessary.
Celebrate the small successes you accomplish along the way. Those small victories help you stay motivated and give you a big confidence boost. Small successes also show how much progress you've made across your coding journey and how far you come along way.
I agree with you.
At She Code Africa, we encourage Code Newbies to write about their tech journey. Put it all out, the failure, struggles, and the success. Share with a community of people of the same interest. You will look back one day and be proud of how far you have come.
So excited you are here @omotola & team She Code Africa!
Thank you, @graciegregory16 🤗
An advice I'd give to those aspiring to be part of the tech world and taking on a path to be a woman in tech.. I'd tell for you to have a mentor and a guide that you'll be consistent with.
Because for me, I've always had a problem with consistency, though I'm getting better at it, I still need something to keep me in check. And I've been informed SCA is one of the best women's technical community that can render the help I seek.
Can't wait to be a member.. I'm already excited!
You're 100% right, consistency plays a great part to succeeding in tech!
We hope you've applied to be a member, if not you can always do so here: shecodeafrica.org 😊
I really like to become a member of Shecoded team.🙊😍
Awesome! You are welcome.
Feel free to join us here
We can't wait to have you join us.
Thank you She Code Team. Glad to be here.
Welcome Queen, don't forget to share our booth link with other ladies who would like to connect with us as well 😌
Thanks. Will do.
Hello SCA fam, it's great to see you here!
Welcome 🤩
Very happy to be here ☺️
Welcome 🤩
Glad you’re having an amazing time!
So excited She Code Africa is hereeee🤗🤗🤗
Yaaay 💃🏻 We’re stoked to be here too. Hope you had an amazing day 1?
I did🙃
My advice is to not be afraid of failure, sometimes things that you learn may not be so clear but if you keep learning and trying, you will understand better and it will build confidence to learn much more.
I am not located in Africa but would like to join the SheCode community!
Our programs are target towards women and young girls in Africa.
Nevertheless, you are welcome to join, learn from, connect and network in our community. Join us
I graduated from Uganda in an I.T degree (and there were CS and Software Eng. students in my class too) but unfortunately it was quite evident that the number of female classmates was significantly lower :-(
I believe that the work She Code Africa is doing is very impactful and essential in promoting more females in tech especially in Africa🌍
The number one piece of advice I'd give to a young person learning to code is to find community. Learning to code can be really hard, frustrating and it's easy to give up but with a kind & supportive community💞 you can get through to the other end and have access to opportunities to break into tech. Especially with the many problems we face in Africa like electricity, internet, resource access and fewer career opportunities it is even more important to find a community to hang-on to during those times when you almost feel like giving up.
Kudos to communities like Open Source Community Africa (OSCA) and She Code Africa for creating platforms that support devs on our fantastic continent❤
Thank you for your kind words, @hussain_codes ❤
As an old person learning to code, my advice is to learn in all different ways. Watch videos, read books, write code, read tweets, listen to podcasts - whenever you have time try and take in more knowledge through any media. Get involved in the community - join Discords, tweet about what you're learning, use hashtags to other people can find you and connect and chat about shared experiences.
Writing about the goals you have set, and your learning steps keeps accountable on your tech journey.
Age, background, cultural partice, educational background isn't a determine of starting or having a career in tech.
My advice to person learning coding is to learn for the right reasons. Don't learn because that's what's in vogue, learn because you want to add value to humanity, you want to solve problems.
If you learn because it's the in thing, you will drop out.🤣
I agree with you @toluloperobert . Be at your own pace!!
Do your research, go for the path you have passion for, find a mentor, and belong to a community.
My number one piece of advice i’d give to a young person learning to code is to find a tech community and become a member. This will help set you right in your tech career goal and highlight each next step you need to follow. I say this because, for the first 18 months of my tech career I was basically moving in circle. This was because I was self coding, and did not belong to any coding community. But now I'm a member of SheCodeAfrica, ingressive4good and many others and that has impacted so much to my tech journey
Thank you for sharing these kind and inspiring words, Emmanuella
For Code Newbies thinking of how to grow in tech communities, we shared this interesting piece from our NUR
One piece of advice I'd give to a young person learning to code is by doing. It takes practice to get better over time. Learning to code is a journey and whatever you do try your best to not compare yourself to others. We learn by asking questions.
It does worth every bit of the journey.
Thank you for sharing
Hii, from shecode community.
Excited to be here
You are welcome 🤩
Definitely want to connect with The White Doves Girls Preparatory School in Rwanda.
Never give up on your dreams!
Powerful message in 6 words! Thank you Julia for sharing.
Peace Representing!!
Hi @omotola
Hello 👋🏾
Trust you are having a nice time learning, and connecting with others here.
Great organization to learn about. I submitted my information to join this community!
Your application will be review, and we will get back to you soon!
Very happy to be here.
You are welcome 🌟
I'm super excited to be here
You are welcome 🤩
She Code Africa community member here! 🤩
You are welcome 🤩
Hi from she code community happy to be here
You are welcome 🤩
My advice to anyone learning anything really, is don't let anyone tell you you can't do something. If you have 10 people telling you you'll fail and one person saying you can do it, listen to the ONE, even if that one person is just your own inner voice.
It's important to belong to a community that supports your goals, understand the field you are in, and shares the same vision with you.
It is one of the things we do at She Code Africa. To support, celebrate, and empower women in tech. Our community consists of over 15000 women and young girls who are willing and ready to be your inner voice.
Welldone @omotola and @SheCodrAfrica
Thank you, @toluloperobert 🤗
Hi from the shecode community 💃💃So happy to be here
You are welcome.
Kindly read through the post, and ask us any questions if you have any.
Thank you Omotola, Ada,Amarachukwu and all the SheCode team. I'm glad to be here!
You are welcome, @janem
Read through the post, and ask us any question if you have any
Hi from the shecode community 💃💃
You are welcome. Read through the post, and ask us any question if you have any
I am excited to be here.
You are welcome 🤩
Hi SCA fam💃💃💃
It's great to be a participant of this program
Alot of learning going on already (practically all I do as a newbie☺) all thanks to the Amazing She Code Africa Team
Thanks for all you do
Glad we can be of help 😊🤗
Excited to be here 🤗
Hello Everyone and shout out to @omotola and team She Code Africa. I am excited to be here.
Welcome to Day 2
Hello Ladies. It's great to be here again.
Welcome to Day 2
@omotola you rock!
It's great to see ya here. Hope you've been doing well!
So siked CodeNewbie is partnering with She Code Africa. 🙌 😀
Thank you, @michaeltharrington 🤗
I'm doing great and I'm excited to be here.
Special thanks to the @ellativity, the CodeLand22 team, and AWS for making this happen ✨
I am delighted that this is happening and you're here for it @omotola 🙌
I share @michaeltharrington's joy 😍
SheCodeAfrica is one of the best things that happened to my Tech Career
Glad we are part of your tech story. Keep making impacts in tech, don't forget to empower other code newbies with your tech skills.
I wanted to learn coding some years ago because I want to write a code that'll help children with special education needs to learn and express themselves well, but I couldn't because of all the challenges.
Then, last year I saw @SheCodeAfrica post on Twitter and that changed everything for me. I started following Ada and others, I started watching the tech space for learning opportunities.
Today, I am making progress and I have SheCodeAfrica to thank for that.
Thank you for investing in the future of Africa.
Hey Tolu, so glad to see She Code Africa was a part of your success story. Keep the light on 💡!
I always say - you can't know what you don't know. Keep moving forward!
I agree 💯 Consistency is key!
Great post
Thank you Victoria!
I am an African living in Canada .. I would love to see how i can help out with she code Africa .. #onelove
Hello Ifo, it’s so nice of you to want to contribute to the work we do at She Code Africa.
For donations and partnerships, you can check out our website: shecodeafrica.org/donate-partner
If you’d want to reach out to us directly for partnership, you can do so via partnership@shecodeafrica.org.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Being a part of She Code Africa has been an amazing decision.
So excited to be here 🤗❤
We’re so pleased to hear this Victoria. Good to know you’re having an amazing time.
Your coding knowledge builds over time and experience so never give up! It’s okay to relearn concepts. Bit by bit, you will make progress and get to where you want to go.
Progress over perfection 💯💯
Thank you for sharing.