She began researching coding bootcamps and found a lot in her hometown of London but they weren’t accessible to her. “My son was still very young and I wasn’t getting any sleep,” Amina remembers. “So the thought of going to a bootcamp Monday to Friday, nine to five, was absolutely impossible. Nevertheless I’m still really grateful that bootcamps exist because I benefited from their positive marketing material. It made me believe that I could do it. I chose to start learning Ruby as my first programming language because one of the bootcamps was advising it and had some materials on their website. I believe as long as you learn one language you can transpose that knowledge into others.”
State of Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Forum: Proceedings
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development hosted The State of Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Forumin person and streamed online on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the Bloustein…