Be Bold For Change: Celebrate International Women’s Day with Xero & Junior Dev
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International Women’s Day is an opportunity to focus on equality, and the celebration of women globally. The World Economic Forum predicts the gender gap won’t close entirely until 2186, a time line we work towards drastically shortening through driving greater change for women. The theme for 2017 is #BeBoldForChange, and together Xero and Junior Dev have invited five fantastic speakers who have made bold moves to better their careers. From returning to the corporate world part-time while still pursuing full-time motherhood, to giving up secure careers for the unknown of software development, these five developers share their bold moves.
We invite you to come along for an evening of drinks, nibbles, and inspiring stories where we will celebrate women and encourage everyone to #BeBoldForChange. This event is for women, men, and non-binary people, of all levels and disciplines, to come together and enjoy an evening out. Five speakers will talk about their stories, followed by a panel Q&A with all speakers.
Speakers:
Sharon Chen - Coder Factory Graduate
Until recently, Sharon identified primarily as a clinical pharmacist, health IT consultant and amateur calligrapher.She has now just graduated from a 6 month coding bootcamp at Coder Factory Academy, where she was fortunate to receive a Women in Tech scholarship and is looking forward to giving back to the tech community.
Christie Metson - Junior Developer at REA Group
Christie started out on the tech scene as a Business Analyst, and after a few years helping run web projects, she decided she wanted to be the one building them! She took a break from her job in early 2016 to take on the General Assembly Web Development Immersive. After finishing up, REA let her loose on their front-end codebase.
Sue King - Senior Developer at Xero
Sue is a Senior Software Developer with over 20 years experience, from starts up to corporates, Sue's passion for emerging technology is strong and working with cutting edge tech keeps her inspired.
Jenny Tran - Junior Front End Developer at Carter Digital
After graduating from General Assembly in late 2015, Jenny has worked steadily on building her skills as a Front-End Developer. She is currently working at Carter Digital, where her day-to-day consists of building components for websites like The Australian Ballet and RACV, as well as breaking websites, which we shall not name or talk about…
Melissa Kaulfuss - Software Engineer at Hooroo
If someone Melissa she’d be working with computers (and even love them) 10 years ago she would have laughed in their face, it’s definitely a love/hate relationship but she’s determined to wear the badge of full stack developer with pride one of these days. Melissa is a Railsgirls alumni, an active member of the Ruby community in Australia and a self taught Junior Software Engineer at Hooroo.
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