A Try Coding event for individuals who identify as a member of the Hispanic, Latinx and/or Chicanx communities.
About this event
Workshop Overview
Turing School is partnering with one of our student circles, Mezcla for this special Try Coding event. The Mezcla student circle is named after the Spanish language word for “mixture”, taking into account that our students who come from Hispanic, Latinx and Chicanx backgrounds have a shared identity with roots in a lot of different cultures, histories, countries, and experiences.
We hope to bring this same mindset to the event - an environment where participants learn to code in a collaborative environment with leaders in the tech industry who come from similar backgrounds.
Please note that this event is only for individuals who identify as a member of the Hispanic, Latinx and/or Chicanx communities.
Event Overview
Introductions: Meet the alumni from the Mezcla student circle who will be supporting you and others participating in the event. Try Coding Instruction: Spend a few hours learning how to code in a virtual workshop taught live, with support from Mezcla alumni/software developers. Leave this portion of the event with your own code project.
Lunch Sessions: Choose from several lunch sessions (more information below) led by Latinx leaders in the tech industry and ask them questions about their careers, challenges and opportunities in tech. Group Challenge: Choose a topic that matters to you, and build out your code project from the morning with others who are passionate about the same issue. Your group will get coaching and support from a Mezcla alumni/software developer. Awards & Closing: Share your project with the full group, vote as a community on each project and discover the next steps you can take if you are interested in learning more about coding and software development.
Instructor Bio: Sal Espinosa
Sal brings a background in education and a passion for positive change to his work at Turing School. Having taught for three years in Queens, New York, he went to work for a small consulting firm that focused on real estate for federal clients. Looking for a way to get back to Colorado where he was born, he turned to Turing School for the opportunity to leverage programming to make people's lives easier. He joined the Turing team as a TA after graduating from the program in 2016, and eventually became the Director of the Back-End Program in 2018. Continuing to weave a deep commitment to service - whether to students, alumni, homeowners, or veterans - Sal now serves as the Director of Employment where he coordinates our efforts to help graduates find their first developer role.
Important Information:
You will not be able to access our small group instruction and breakout rooms unless your Zoom is updated to the most recent version. Please ensure you have a computer that can open a web browser and headphones for this class. It is not required to use multiple screens for this class, but we do recommend it. You cannot complete this class on a tablet.
Additional information is located at the bottom of this page in the FAQ section.
Why You?
If you identify as someone who comes from a Hispanic, Latinx or Chicanx background in any way and are interested in a new career, challenge or coding—join us!
Maybe you have a friend who’s a software developer, maybe back in the day you enjoyed changing your Myspace page with HTML (I mean.. who didn’t?) and want to learn more, or maybe you are looking for a new career change and just don’t know where to start.
Regardless of your reason, come! Get your first introduction to coding, meet leaders across the tech industry and meet some amazing people along the way—we know we are excited to meet you.
What Now?
Software Development is a career in demand—offering high flexibility (say goodbye to that standard 9:00-5:00 job), portability (work from wherever you want—whether that's the office, your couch, or remotely in a new city every month) and the starting salary isn't too bad either! Turing School alumni earn a starting median salary of $83,000 + in their first job out of the program.
We're not asking for you to enroll in our school today—but we are asking you to try coding out for yourself and see if it's a career you're excited about!
Lunch Leaders
During the event’s lunch break, you’ll choose from the sessions listed below, learn about the background of the speaker and have the opportunity to ask questions about their unique experience working in tech. Read more about our lunch session leaders below:
Cydnee Owens: Working Remotely In Tech - Cydnee is a full-time Software Engineer at Meltwater by day and a Turing TA by night. Before attending Turing, she worked as project manager in the non-profit space, helping implement federal and state assistance programs into hospital care systems. Her last project helped convert a medical software system and through this project her love and desire to become a developer was born. Additionally, this project required training and teaching over 400 employees, and this furthered her love of teaching and helping others. Cydnee is an avid bachata and salsa dancer, sewer, lover of languages (fun fact: she has a degree in linguistics and dialectology) and traveler. She has been to 30+ countries and counting and has lived in 4 different countries. When she's not dancing, sewing or globe-trotting, she hangs out on her local cold-water beaches ('fake surfing') in the bay area with her spouse.
Sage Gonzales: Why Having a Mentor in Tech Matters - Sage is a Platform Software Engineer at Ibotta Inc. Before attending Turing and starting his career in software development, Sage served in the Marine Corps, completed a degree in marketing, and worked in various industries including finance, property management and hospitality. While working as a tutor in college, he found that he was passionate about passing along knowledge to others, he started mentoring students while still attending Turing and continued after, and is currently a TA for Turing's pre-program course, Mod 0. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his pets, playing video games, hiking around the Rocky Mountains, and finding the best vegan restaurants.
Marla Schulz: My Career Transition from Arts & Higher Education to Tech - The first generation daughter of Venezuelan parents, Marla has over a decade of experience in the performing arts connecting communities through dance and theatre. Her performance work has transcended disciplinary boundaries investigating topics in cognitive science, technology, and education. Marla now works for PhET Interactive Simulations through CU Boulder as a Simulation Developer. She continues to integrate her knowledge in the performing arts and higher education with her work in software development, developing tools that are used throughout the world to support K-12 STEM learning, as well as exploring immersive and interactive methods of technology.
Jorge Téllez Working at a Start Up - Jorge has experience in technology, product development, partnerships and education. He has worked with various companies, governments and non-profits in the United States and Latin America to launch disaster relief initiatives, support political dissidents to promote democracy, combat human trafficking, and kickstart the startup ecosystem in Mexico. He founded two coding bootcamps, one of which was acquired by Revelo, a Latin American HR tech startup. He currently is Chief Community Officer at Revelo.
FAQ
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Questions? Contact trycoding@turing.edu
You will need a computer for this class that can connect to the internet and operate Zoom. We recommend that you download Zoom now to ensure it is compatible with your computer. A specific Zoom link will be sent to attendees upon registration.
A computer that can connect to the internet via a web browser. We recommend using headphones to minimize distractions and ensure you can access the information. It will also be beneficial to find a quiet working space where you will be able to focus during the duration of the course.
We are offering scholarships on a limited basis for students with financial need. If you are a member of one of our partners, you are also welcome to receive a discount for this workshop. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
This is a course designed for professional-level adults and is not designed for kids. We ask that individuals under age 17 do not register to attend.
This course is designed for people who are brand new to code and have never tried it before. In particular, we will be giving instruction on HTML, CSS and JavaScript with the intention that our audience has never learned or spent time with those programming languages before. If you do have experience with those languages, please know that you are welcome, but some parts may be a review.
We’re hoping to build a community environment where you can collaborate from the beginning of the day. We’re asking for all participants to attend the full day. If you’ve already taken a Try Coding Workshop with Turing School, you are absolutely welcome to attend! The curriculum will be updated and you will likely learn a few new things, but please do know that some parts may be a review.
If for any reason you can’t make it to the event, tickets are refundable up to 24 hours before. If the event has passed then we are happy to transfer your ticket to any upcoming Try Coding.
*Cancellation of events is dependent on a variety of factors including registrations, inclement weather, and pressing needs that come up. If we do cancel your Try Coding workshop, you will be notified more than 24 hours in advance, credited back your registration payment, and sent the schedule of other events. During the workshop, participants are asked to follow instructor directions and conduct themselves respectfully in all
Online
May 21, 2022, 10 a.m. - May 21, 2022, 5 p.m.
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