Hey everyone, I’m Nadia Zhuk, a full-stack software engineer currently working at Intercom and living in London. I’m happy to share my impressions as a new volunteer at Code Your Future. Discovering volunteering with CYF I had done little volunteering before joining Code Your Future, but I’d been interested in giving back to the community for a while. I didn’t know anyone in … Read More
Volunteer Story: Aghogho
Aghogho’s desire to give back to the best of her ability stems from her background as a Welsh-British immigrant from Nigeria. “I witnessed the financial and emotional struggle of my parents”, she says, recalling “their tenacity over the years to secure the necessary papers and jobs to give myself and my siblings a better future.” She heard about CYF volunteering … Read More
Student Story: Omolola
CodeYourFuture (CYF) trains refugees and people who have financial, social or other challenges in coding. The program is free and helps graduates secure meaningful work in tech. CYF alumni Omolola shares how her lack of experience did not stop her from launching her career in IT. Making ‘IT’ work While Omolola knew that she wanted to work in the exciting … Read More
Our Leadership Program: Hinde’s Journey From Engineer To Manager
CodeYourFuture (CYF) trains people from underprivileged backgrounds in coding and employability skills, and helps them find good jobs in the tech industry. While developing our trainees’ technical – or ‘hard’ – skills is a big part of what we do, we also foster their professional development through ‘soft’ skills like problem-solving, teamwork, making decisions and managing people. Our experience connecting … Read More
Student Story: Mursel
Mursel is a refugee. He was a lawyer before he came to the UK. When he arrived, he had no idea what to do. He was unemployed and lacked finances so he considered his options. Mursel decided to try to change career. “I wanted to find a meaningful job and prepare a good future for my family,” says Mursel. He … Read More
Our New Leadership Program: Daniel’s Journey From Trainee To Leader
CodeYourFuture (CYF) trains people from underprivileged backgrounds in coding and employability skills, and then helps them find good jobs in the tech industry. We’re passionate about developing people’s technical skills, but we’re also very aware that soft skills like leadership, decision making, and people management are just as important for employment. Recently, we have created a new and unique program, … Read More
Student Story: Erick
Once Erick discovered that coding was behind websites and apps, he knew he wanted to be a coder. Erick discovered coding at The African Leadership Academy, a high school in South Africa that helps Africans who have the potential to catalyze positive change on the continent. He loved apps and technology, but he never knew what brought them to … Read More
The best affordable laptop for learning to code
This article will help you decide what is the best affordable laptop for learning to code. We updated it in September 2023. It’s important know that you don’t need a new computer for coding. You can even start learning to code on a mobile phone. However, you will need a laptop or computer early on to advance your coding learning. … Read More
Volunteer stories: Hannah
I’m an organiser volunteer in Rome – since 2018 when we started planning Rome. I learned a lot about the tech world, and from fellow mentors and volunteers about how young dynamic companies work and change much quicker than the hierarchical old media world I’ve worked in. I’ve gotten to practice public speaking, and do presentations in Italian, learned how … Read More
How long does it take to learn coding?
Your end goal makes a big difference in how long it will take to learn to code. Depending on your reason for wanting to learn how to code, you will have different options. Different languages take different amounts of time to learn. For example, if you want to learn how to build a website from scratch or become a web … Read More