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Today is Ada Lovelace Day, created to celebrate women past and present who’ve made notable achievements in the world of science, technology, engineering and maths. We’re shining a light on just a few women who deserve more recognition for their revolutionary work.
Lovely lovely blog post from our own Kyle Jones on using inclusive language in technology:
With Pride Month drawing to a close, in our latest blog post, engineer Evie Skinner talks about our x-lgbtqiaplus Slack channel, and other employee-led groups here at Made Tech. Have a read:
“It’s creating and maintaining these well-oiled data processes that can help the public sector to really understand strategic insights and make more effective choices.” Made Tech academy engineer Laura Zaharia on what data scientists, engineers and analysts do, and how they work together to get the most value out of data.
Your career path isn’t always clear-cut from the get-go. But when you find work that aligns with your values, you’ll know you’re on the right track. Kassidy Matthews, Anthony Okpaloafe, and Mopelola Oshiberu were inspired by our mission to make public services better with technology. They share their journeys to becoming Made Tech Business Analysts. 💚
April is Stress Awareness Month! It’s dedicated to highlighting the issues caused by stress and promoting ways to help people manage it. At work, Slack has become a natural hub for many public sector teams, but without care it can be distracting and increase stress. We talk through some strategies to help make Slack as distraction-free as possible so you can make the most of your working day.
“If there’s one thing I wish everyone knew about business analysts, it’s that we’re not seeking to disrupt an existing way of working, we’re here to make teams’ lives easier.” Made Tech Lead Business Analyst Khalil Anwar on how to do the job, do it well and why business analysts play an essential role in building successful teams:
For International Women's Day 2022, we asked a few of the women working in technology at Made Tech to share how they'd change the tech industry for the better. Here's what they said:
We want to foster a diverse, happy and well-supported team. Last September, we asked everyone in Made Tech to complete a diversity and inclusion survey. It was a chance to see how well we're actually doing in achieving that goal. Here’s what we found out:
We're super-excited to share that we’re running a brand new academy for design and user research. This will run for 12 weeks alongside our usual software engineering academy. Now – whether you want to launch a career in coding, design, or user research – we have an academy for you.
