Running a Blackathon: nurturing your tech career by celebrating diversity

About this event

Back in October 2023, a team of Made Tech employees organised a Blackathon to celebrate Black History Month. The idea was to celebrate Black progress by honouring the work of Black inventors, writers and activists that have made a significant impact on society. 

The event generated a lot of interesting coding ideas and four months later the team decided to share some insights from the day:

  • Why are these activities important for careers in tech
  • How the event supported the Black community
  • The winning project: the technical skills used 
  • How can organisations provide benefits that support employees to create these initiatives
  • How to continue celebrating black progress and nurture Coding Black Females career development 

Watch the on-demand conversation and share your feedback and ideas for our next Blackathon.

Date

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Speakers

Folora Duang-Arop

Associate Senior Engineer

Folora is a self taught programmer who started from zero coding knowledge to landing her first software engineering role via the Made Tech Academy. As a career changing mum she taught herself the fundamentals of computer programming via free online resources. Before transitioning into software engineering Folora worked as a government digital strategy and policy professional advising organisations on how to harness digital transformation to solve real world problems. Folora is a firm believer that “you cannot be what you cannot see” and is an advocate for attracting talent from traditionally underrepresented communities into technology.

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