Creating a Strong Foundation
As a founder, it's essential to position your business to grow over time beginning with a strong foundation. Committing to solving a problem for your target market takes belief in yourself and strategy.
You will need several things to grow your business from an idea to a viable product with longevity. The mission and vision will be your company's anchor, the reason for others to buy in, and why you keep going when things get difficult. A diverse staff will help take your business to the next level by increasing productivity, scaling, and lead to innovative ideas over time. Having a reliable board of directors to assess risks, help strategize long-term and short-term goals, provide guidance in hitting KPIs, and make recommendations that are in the company's best interest.
A strong foundation is critical to survival when launching and building a viable business.
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WWCode Member Highlight: Blog
Erica Stanley - Founder, Mentor, and Leader
Erica Stanley was always interested in technology. Originally her focus was on graphics and digital applications, however her diverse and successful career slowly steered her towards the path of software engineering and mobile applications. That finally culminated in her achieving her dream of co-founding a startup with Synapse App. At the same time she has become a leader in her community, giving back through acts of support and mentorship towards young women looking to enter the field.
Read more here.
Technical Highlight - Celebrating National Lazy Day!
Today, August 10th, we celebrate National Lazy Day, which is a day set aside to rest and relax. Women Who Code encourages a healthy work-life balance every day of the year, which is easier to achieve if you are working smarter and not harder.
This week, we’re highlighting videos from our YouTube channel that help you channel your inner “lazy” every day by learning skills and shortcuts to help you develop faster, optimize your code, and accelerate your career so that you can work less and enjoy life more.
WWCode Technical Videos to Help You Work Better — and Have More Time for You:
See more "how to" sessions for tips and tricks to help you work better so you can work less.
WWCODE CONFERENCES
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Upcoming WWCode Events
Digital educational events from our global Networks:
Learn to Test Your React Apps | WWCode Front End
Have you ever heard, “Write the test cases as a developer,” but you have no idea what test cases are, why we need them, and how to maintain them? Join the WWCode Front End Track for details on testing in reactJS (react testing library) and more.
Date/Time: Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 2:00 PM EDT (Atlanta)
Micro Casual Lunch Meetup | WWCode Salt Lake City
Join us on the second and fourth Thursday of the month for a casual online lunch meetup to connect with other devs. Bring your own lunch to catch up and chat about any tech or career topics you like!
Date/Time: Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 12:30 PM MDT (Salt Lake City)
Hablemos del Ecosistema Blockchain | WWCode Medellín
Aprenderemos de los diferentes enfoques que puede tener la tecnología Blockchain.¡Preparémonos para un próximo Bootcamp!
Fecha/Hora: 11 Agosto 2022 | 6:00 PM CST (Medellín)
Feature Flags 101 and Experimentation, Featuring Split! | WWCode San Diego
Meet Mansi Mohan, Anita McDowell, and Trishala Pavagada from Split Software's Engineering and Products Team. They're helping to revolutionize software delivery with impact-driven development, pairing the speed and reliability of feature flags with data to measure the impact of every feature. From this session, you will learn how to: 1. Develop faster; 2. Release safely; and 3. Maximize impact using feature flags and experimentation.
Date/Time: Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 6:00 PM PDT (San Diego)
Algorithms and Interview Prep - BackTracking (Whiteboarding Practice) | WWCode San Francisco
Practice your whiteboarding and interviewing skills in this guided online session. Gain access to study resources, example code, and practice problems to help you ace your dev interview.
Date/Time: Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 6:30 PM PDT (San Francisco)
Transition Story: Developer to Entrepreneur | WWCode Mobile
The speaker, Sowmya Guru, will share her reasons for going "solo" and her experience of how it changed her life. She is now able to have more time for herself and flexible working hours/days, and she earns more income than before. She will share how you can work from anywhere as little as possible and be able to find balance and fulfillment by becoming independent — because your time is everything!
Date/Time: Friday, August 12, 2022 | 12:00 PM EDT (Atlanta)
Excel in Your Career Workshop | WWCode Accra
Join this online workshop to learn how to identify and take advantage of remote work, as well as gain the foundations for excelling in your career.
Date/Time: Sunday, August 14, 2022 | 7:00 PM WAST (Accra)
ReadTogether: Honeycomb’s Book - Observing Engineering | WWCode Manila
Join the group for uninterrupted reading time followed by a discussion about the insights you learned while you read. You may read the selected book — Observing Engineering — or bring your own! The goal is to read one chapter per session, making your way through a whole book in our sessions.
Date/Time: Monday, August 15, 2022 | 7:30 PM PHST (Manila)
Opportunities for Members
Scholarships:
WWCODE + CO:RISE: We are thrilled to share scholarships with Women Who Code members for upcoming co:rise courses/programs: Python Crash Course (starting August 15) and Applied Machine Learning (starting Sept 5). Deadlines: Python Crash Course, Aug. 10 - Applied Machine Learning, Aug. 31 - Apply now.
Formation is a virtual fellowship program for software engineers who seek impactful roles and career growth at the most prestigious tech companies in the industry. All WWCode applicants who are accepted into the fellowship program will receive $500 off of the upfront cost or a reduction of their Income Share Agreement (ISA). Apply here by Sept 30, 2022.
Partner Events:
Now - October 31st: Call for Code Global Challenge @ Remote
Scholarship Conference Passes Available:
October 3rd: GSAS @ Barcelona, Spain
October 13th - 14th: Euruko 2022 @ Helsinki, Finland
Pro-Tip of the Week
"Everyone is on their own path in life. Don’t ever compare your path to others. Not everyone needs to be a Software Developer at Google to be successful and happy."
- Melissa Pinto, WWCode Member
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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