by Uchechi | Jan 23, 2015 | Blog
#YesWeCode Chat #13
Sunday January 25th, 2014
*9pmCT
During this chat we’ll discuss how to go building a great tech product to figuring out what’s next. Maybe you’re next step is to start building a company or to find out if your idea brings value to your users via user testing. Either way, the goal of this chat is to help you find answers
Building a tech startup is about more than the great product you’ve created. Maybe you’ve created a new social network or photo sharing app. What’s next? From best practices to how to get noticed online, #YesWeCode chat #13 is about getting you to the next level through information, education and conversation.
- During this chat, we’ll discuss the following questions:
- After building your tech product, what’s the best way to get it out there to customers?
- What best practices are important to help you go from great idea to a startup company?
- What are some baseline things you should know (funding v. bootstrapping, accelerators, choice of technology, etc) when creating a startup?
- How can you/your startup look and be legit?
And more!
Join us on Sunday 12/28/14 at 8pmCT.
For more info on how to participate, check out the chat guidelines.
Thanks and see you soon!
Uchechi
* Change of time: The chat is usually at 8pm CT, but has been changed to 9pm CT for this one chat.
by Uchechi | Dec 31, 2014 | Blog
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Some say we’re the new rock stars
instead of guitars keyboards or mics
we hold sketchpads wireframes
iterate juxtapose
suppose what wasn’t possible can be
a new way of taking photos of dividing colors
fragments and film amongst your friends
a new way of saying hello i love you a new way of sharing food
finding friends a new way of deciding who gets to show
up in your inbox
the dialogue we carry is heavy
the dialogue we shape is grand
a plan to disrupt the world
as we know it
shape it for us now
shape it for them to come
you are a tech startup entrepreneur
you run things
you iterate you posture you pose
sometimes you don’t know what the guy in the suit and tie
is even talking about but you shake your head you are
a techie used to be a joke
now no one laughs when you walk in the room
seeking enough bills to pay the bills
and then some the world has been shaped by your hands
100 years later after your father and his father
shaped it with their hands built up the New York City skyline
Can i get a shout out to the Statue of Liberty?
hands made her
Can I get a shout out for the Manhattan Bridge?
those black and white photos show the men
who built it lunching in the sky
because that was the only time
they’d ever be
invited to sit high up to lunch
Can i get a shout out for the roads the tunnels the bridges?
the cable car the trolley the tram
the Panama Canal the great dam
can we name those who built the future others thought impossible
Can i get a shout out for us now?
using our hands to make things the future
maybe impossible
but we’re not so different from the bridge builders
and the skyscraper creators we’re just doing it digital
sometimes literal
always configurable
curating how we see things even if someone says it can’t be done
Can i get a shout out for the click?
the mouse the wireframe
the kids once called lame
the freaks the new tech geeks
the imaginable unfathomable
Sometimes it ain’t easy
sometimes you never make it past
year 2 sometimes we slowly give way to a shrug a sigh a disbelief that all
we believed in can’t come true sometimes we are all so clearly you
sometimes we just want to change the word re imagine it in our hands
give it back to you to use
give it back to live better
give it back to you to be better
give it back to you to love more
to dream again
to inspire another day
This is for the tech startup entrepreneur
living your dream by doing
none of it is easy but all of it
yes all of it is history
re imagined
by your own
hands
Uchechi Kalu © 2014
by Uchechi | Dec 28, 2014 | Blog
During this chat we’ll discuss how to go from being a code/tech newbie to landing a job or taking things to the next level.
So, you learned to code but maybe you don’t know what comes next. Becoming a web developer is about the tools you use, the connections you make, the clients you engage with and building a supportive community.
During this chat, we’ll discuss the following questions:
- After learning to code, what’s the best way to get a job in tech?
- How can I go from a newbie in tech to a junior or senior level person?
- What’s my online presence got to do with finding a tech related job?
- Are there smarter (and faster) ways to go from being a newbie to a junior or senior developer?
- What are some great online tools I should be using?
And more!
Join us on Sunday 12/28/14 at 8pmCT.
For more info on how to participate, check out the chat guidelines.
Thanks and see you soon!
Uchechi
by Uchechi | Nov 14, 2014 | Blog
Hope you can join the next #yeswecode chat this Sunday (11/16/14) at 8pmCT. We’ll be discussing fear, it’s impact on our work and how we can move forward anyway.
The fear of being wrong can affect your success
This week, I was in the Bay Area for the WedTech conference, and while there I visited a long time friend of mine. We sat in a great Oakland coffee shop, sipped lattes and spoke about our hopes, our work, the lives of two very creative women.
Towards the end of our conversation, she mentioned that she’s often afraid of being wrong, and how that gets in the way of her success. I immediately thought about how at some point in all our lives, we all deal with insecurity. But, what happens when it stops us from becoming successful.
Imposter Syndrome is a real issue
At some point in our lives, the fear of being “found out” aka Impostor Syndrome, is a real issue. I want to bring this conversation to the tech space because I believe all of us are capable of being more than just good. We’re actually capable of being great, and doing so has nothing to do As we talk about tech diversity, it’s important to remember that we all show up with some insecurity. Are you worried that you’re not good enough, smart enough, savvy enough, capable enough? How does this worry affect your work?
#Yeswecode chat #9 questions to think about:
- How does the fear of being “wrong” get in the way of your success?
- If you could let it go, what would that look like?
- What are some unique ways you deal with/work through feelings of Imposter Syndrome?
- Once you get that dream job in tech, what’s your plan on how to make the most of it in the face of your fears?
Why is this conversation important?
I hope you can join the conversation. Before joining the chat please review the guidelines, which will answer some questions and help you know how to best participate. It’s important to the tech inclusion dialogue, especially because I really do believe that while access to tech skills is an important piece of tech diversity, there’s also a need to address the internal challenges that get in the way of our success.
