In our week 24 notes: Temi Ogunniran and Ana Santos from our business analysis and events teams, as well as some links shared recently at Made Tech about jargon, typefaces, and tea-brewing.
Queer Tech Bristol: building a community
Queer Tech Bristol is an LGBTQIA+ tech community meetup. We welcome anyone who’s queer and vaguely interested in technology or works with computers in some way.
Some useful accessibility resources
It was Global Accessibility Awareness Day earlier this month. So we thought we’d share some useful links to do with accessibility. This post includes some useful links shared in our #accessibility Slack channel.
Changing careers: my journey to becoming a software engineer
I recently graduated from Made Tech’s software engineering academy. I wanted to take a moment to reflect on how far I’ve come and share my journey.
Let’s get comfortable talking about mental health
In this blog post, 3 members of the Made Tech team share their experiences with mental health struggles, and talk about how we can support each other.
Week 23 notes
We thought we’d try blogging some week notes – probably not every week, but as much as we can. Each time, a handful of the Made Tech team will share a few notes and thoughts about what we’ve been up to, and things we’ve learned along the way.
Diversity in tech: representation matters
Today I’m sharing a bit about my journey into tech as a Black woman and the reasons we need to build more diverse teams.
Making remote designs sprints work for you
Remote design sprints have become increasingly popular recently. To show how they work in practice, here’s a typical week working with the Met Office.
Made Tech engineering book club turns 1!
It’s been 1 year since the first official meeting of our engineering book club. So 12 months on I’m taking time to reflect on what it’s meant to our community.
The Microsoft x Met Office hackathon
Usually, when we hear the word hackathon it’s easy to think of an intense atmosphere with competing teams beavering away to be the first to crack the code. The hackathon I attended in October 2022 was a little different.
