Girl Code Auckland

A team-based coding course for beginners aged 15+. Tweets by @tangygrape & @mgatland

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Our next course starts on August 1st! Join a team of beginners and learn to write software. We teach via hands-on project work in a simulated workplace – no classrooms, no lectures and no theory. Thursday nights for 8 weeks and the details are here! https://t.co/SdwO0aaFTc ✨

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Our next course starts on May 30th! Learn how tech teams work together. It's on Thursday nights for 8 weeks and the details are here: https://t.co/SdwO0aaFTc ✨

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Here is a nice thread about how your emotions influence your code

[Zoe Hobson 🍰 @ZoeMHobson]

Advice #2 #GirlsBehindTheGames : you don’t have to fit a predetermined mould to be a “woman in tech”. Not cool enough/not gamey enough/not techy enough/not creative enough. If you feel like you’re not “enough” in any way, that’s BS.

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Girl Code in the news! https://t.co/iFf2K4114L

[Matthew Gatland @mgatland]

The Wanna Hang gang and their app at @girlcodeakl ✨

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Our next evening course starts on May 11th! If you or anyone you know might be keen, please check it out! https://t.co/SdwO0aaFTc ✨

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

@paulabennettmp @madinnz @tangygrape We sure do! Will pass this on :)

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

this is a nice rule https://t.co/epGOhHhyFI

[Rachel Thomas @math_rachel]

15 min rule: when stuck, you HAVE to try on your own for 15 min; after 15 min, you HAVE to ask for help.- Brain AMA

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Mt Roskill Grammar Girl Code team ros-killing it on a Sunday afternoon

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Check out this STEM scholarship for women 13 years and older! You need to contribute to an open source project 💸 💻 https://t.co/VjmQ6mMy5p

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Our very first Girl Code in schools session today at Mt Roskill Grammar!

[Te Waha Nui @twnonline]

A new tech programme for girls has received funding to be taught in low decile schools https://t.co/L5FupPSVHa @tangygrape @mgatland

[Matthew Gatland @mgatland]

Do you teach at a Decile 1–4 school in Auckland? We'd love to run Girl Code at your school this term! https://t.co/H5sURW1Y2k please retweet

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

Our next course starts on 12 May! If you or anyone you know might be keen, please take a look at our website https://t.co/SdwO0aaFTc ✨

[alice @tangygrape]

just saved $80 bc I fixed my phone myself. and I got to pull something apart. SO SATISFYING. #tinyscrewsbigdreams

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

@girlcodeakl show what CS is for
Help students meet woman working in the field
Have actual projects early in the course

[Girl Code Auckland @girlcodeakl]

.@briecode shows how simple changes to a Computer Science course make it work better for women #GCAP15