March, 2024 - Code Mom

Month: March 2024

Ask Your Mother: Could Your Friends Save Programming from Being Banned?

A group of eight people standing in front of a chalkboard with their fists raised

Mom, If you had to put together a scrappy band of misfits to take over the world in order to stop programming from being prohibited by law, who would you recruit to that team? -Curious Dear Curious, This is definitely the...

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Tackling “Tell Me About Yourself”: How to Craft the Perfect Introduction

By Tori Brenneison March 4, 2024 How Do I...?, Soft Skills 0 Comments

A blank yellow background, and in the foreground a human hand (only thumb and figures visible), holding a small blue wooden sign that says "hello"

Picture this: you’re at a meetup, a conference, an interview, the grocery store… and you strike up a conversation with another person. Then they say four little words that strike fear into your heart: “Tell me about yourself”! Suddenly, your mind...

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About Code Mom

Tori Brenneison–AKA “Code Mom”–is a software developer and computer programming instructor from Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

As a coach and instructor, Tori is known for her ability to empathize with and encourage students, as well as for a dogged insistence that she’ll fight anyone who messes with her “code babies”. Her observations and interactions with entry-level developers from all backgrounds and walks of life has afforded her unique insight into the hopes, dreams, motivations, struggles, and successes of junior techies.