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15 Developers to Follow If You Want to Join the Chicago Civic Tech Scene
Feeling the call of the nonprofit world? Get inspired by 15 nonprofit website developers using code to change their communities, their country, and the world.
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Job & Career Advice
You Asked, We Answered: Is It Harder Out There for Older Developers?
A coding bootcamp can seem like a big commitment at any phase of life, but mid-career aspiring programmers have unique concerns about their futures after coding bootcamp. Get answers to commonly asked questions in this post.
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The Mission-Driven Developer’s Guide to the Chicago Civic Tech Community
The Chicago civic tech community offers mission-driven developers the opportunity to build tools that make a real difference in the lives of residents.
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Women in Tech
How 7 Tech Companies Are Fighting Workplace Sexism
Workplace sexism in the tech industry is far too common. But these companies are using hiring, policies, transparency, and even technology itself to change that.
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Women in Tech
4 Things Tech Execs Can Do Right Now to Shrink the Industry’s Gender Gap
Tech’s gender gap is huge. But if tech executives create environments that foster and reward gender inclusion, it could start to diminish.
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Women in STEM: 20 Organizations Working to Close Tech’s Gender Gap
The gender gap in STEM industries is still way too wide. But it’s narrowing all the time, thanks in no small part to the work of these 20 teaching organizations.
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Women in Tech
Be Inspired: 30 Female-Identifying Coders You Should Follow on Twitter
Here are 30 female-identifying coders you can follow and learn from as you make your own career in software development.
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15 Examples of How EdTech and JavaScript are Transforming the Classroom
These JavaScript-powered EdTech tools are changing the way teachers teach, the way students learn, and the ways parents can stay in the loop.
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13 Developers Who Are Leading Big Changes in the Nonprofit Sector
If you are a developer looking for inspiration within the nonprofit sector, these 14 coders are leading the way.
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Women in Tech
Do Dedicated Hiring Quotas Close the Gender Gap in Tech?
Though many companies have committed to changing hiring practices to close the gender gap in tech, women continue to be severely underrepresented.
Updated 2/24/22
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Mission Driven
Coding For Good: 20 Nonprofit Products Developed Using JavaScript
Some of the most awesome software products in the world are built using JavaScript. Here are 20 of the best of those products from the nonprofit sector.
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Women in Tech
Finding Support Within the Women’s Coding Community
Jamie Lau was drawn to Grace Hopper Program's goal of making tech education more accessible to women and now she’s a software engineer. See how she did it.
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