From pirouettes to programming with Harriet Craven

Decoding Life

Harriet started her career in software development peering over the shoulder of her flatmate. This seems to be a beginning that resonates with many women in coding. Harriet is passionate that it shouldn't fall to luck for girls to find out about coding, like it did for her. In this episode we explore life as a software developer while studying part time, and the different projects she champions to try and improve accessibility and visibility of coding for young girls.

Below are some resources that you might be interested in after listening to our chat with Harriet:

Resources to learn to code

Coding bootcamp in London

https://makers.tech/

Short coding challenges in different languages

https://www.codewars.com/

Code and other Open Saturdays

https://publicengagement.wellcomegenomecampus.org/events/open-saturday-coding

Code Club

https://codeclub.org/en/

Code academy, learning resources

https://www.codecademy.com/learn

For educators running activities

Tech in the Lab activities on your genome

https://www.yourgenome.org/activities/tech-in-the-lab

A great online festival for women in tech

https://onlinefestival.women-in-technology.com/?utm_campaign=WiTVirtual&utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=Email-

Music: 'Lion' by Sapajou
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