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CodeNewbie

Ep. 12 - Mother Coders (Tina Lee)

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Tech News, Technology

4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We talk with Tina Lee about the challenges of being a mom learning to code, how organizers can make their tech events more mom-friendly, and how to make coding more accessible to all mothers.

Transcript

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go to amazon.com.ukau.U.K. slash prime. Welcome to the Codenubi podcast, where we talk to people on their coding journey in hopes of helping you on yours.

0:43.7

I'm your host, Saron, and before we kick off the show, I want to tell you about our incredible sponsors.

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Oh, and that really awesome jingle you just heard at the top of the show. That was done by developer and producer

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1:00.2

I'm your host, Suran. And today we're talking to the founder of Mother Coters, a tech program

1:04.7

designed for moms. And she is Tina Lee. Tina, you want to say hi? Hi. So tell us a little bit more about mother coders.

1:13.0

What's the problem that you're trying to solve? Well, I basically built a solution for myself.

1:20.5

About a year ago, last September, September 2013, I was at the end of my maternity leave for the birth of my second

1:32.5

daughter. And I was very frustrated because I had been trying to learn how to code. I've

1:38.3

tried going to meetups. I've tried going to hackathons. I've tried learning online. And as a mom with two young kids and a working mom, I found it incredibly difficult to find

1:50.0

a resource and a community that I felt comfortable in.

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