In this episode of the Django Girls Podcast, hosts Leona and Aisha sit down with Natalia, a trailblazer in the Django community and the first guest from South America. Natalia shares her journey from startup beginnings in Argentina to becoming a Django Fellow, discussing career transitions, overcoming burnout, and balancing work with family life. She offers insights into the importance of empathy in tech, the challenges of contributing to open-source projects, and her passion for inclusivity in the workplace. Tune in for an inspiring and candid conversation packed with practical tips for navigating your career path.

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Hosts: Aisha Bello (@AishaXBello) and Leona So (@lwyso)

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Excited to chat with backend engineering lead, vice president @ Django Software Foundation and the co-organizer of the The London Django Meetup. 🦄

You can follow Çağıl's work on Github @cgl Twitter(X) and Mastodoon @ cagil

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Hosts: Aisha Bello (@AishaXBello) and Leona So (@lwyso)

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Join us on this special episode with Ola and Ola on DjangoGirls 10 years anniversary. They took us down memory lane to why DjangoGirls?.

Now with over 24,000 women who've been impacted by DjangoGirls in over 109 countries we discussed 10years in review and a special message for DjangoGirls.

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Hosts: Aisha Bello (@AishaXBello) and Leona So (@lwyso)

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On this episode we chatted with Rosamund who is currently a Django developer. From being a translator and writer to a developer role within the same company. Hear how Rosamund took her love for languages and content writing into skills that were useful for her current role as a Django developer. She also discusses the importance of soft skills that helped in her transition.

You can follow Rosamund's work on her blog https://www.rosamund.dev/ where she keeps it real and documents a wide variety of topics.

Enjoy !!!

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New Year New Episodes !!!

We are so excited to be back. This new season series we focus on the different career paths DjangoGirls take, and discuss tips about going to the next stage of your career.

On this episode we have the awesome Lisa who is currently a Sr. Engineering manager with an interesting journey. From representation to how DjangoGirls taught her skills that became relevant in her role. She also shares resources and discusses tips and tricks for growing in your career. Enjoy !!!

Recommended Resource:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cr2Yn_MrKg⁠ Tanja Riley- Being glue

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We are thrilled to bring you the final episode of 2022 with Chara Lagou, DjangoGirls advisory board member and organiser. Chara shares her journey from being a survey engineer to now a developer at SES Satellites, challenges along the way and some of the work she does to bring more diverse voices into tech. 

To follow Chara's work on Linkedin linkedin.com/in/charalampialagou

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We are very excited to share Maria's DjangoGirls story. Maria's journey is such an inspiring one to anyone in a different career wondering if there is a place in tech for them. Maria's DjangoGirls story started with going through the DG tutorial. Maria is currently a full-stack developer with ButterCMS and an author.

Maria's book (Liar, Dreamer, Thief ) is available for pre-order now and would be released next month. More info -> https://www.mariadong.com/books/liar-dreamer-thief/

You can also find Maria on Twitter: @mariadong @violantecodes , Github:@ViolanteCodes

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Even though it's been a while. We are so excited to publish this episode with Dani. Dani was a lot of fun to talk to and also insightful.

Listen as Dani walks us through her journey. Some of the topics covered were Microaggressions, power of mentor-ship, automation and more.

You can follow Dani's work on Github https://github.com/danipmax or twitter @DaniQuietNow

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