A LadyCoders Attendee: Learning To Code Isn't Enough To Get The Job

"Learning to code" feels like a very amorphous and vague notion. Does it mean knowing iterators and for-loops? Integrating 2 web APIs? Building a compiler?<p>Speaking for myself : I know how to code, in the sense that I know how to write computer programs. However, it's certainly not enough to get hired as a computer programmer. The problem isn't my lack of presentation, it's a lack of knowledge. This may be the case for others as well.

The reason I posted this was to show that the people who want and need to come to our seminars are people who already know how to code, but don't know how to get jobs in tech.<p>You can learn about our seminars here: <a href="http://ladycoders.com/about-us/about-our-seminars/" rel="nofollow">http://ladycoders.com/about-us/about-our-seminars/</a><p>You can register for seminars here: <a href="http://ladycoders.com/event-registration/" rel="nofollow">http://ladycoders.com/event-registration/</a><p>You can also see some of the nice and nasty things people have said about us here:<p>Huffington Post: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cassie-slane/who-knew-helping-women_b_2599848.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cassie-slane/who-knew-helping-...</a><p>CBS Radio: <a href="http://kiroradio.com/874/2194952/LadyCoders-Helping-Ladies-Succeed-in-the-Tech-World" rel="nofollow">http://kiroradio.com/874/2194952/LadyCoders-Helping-Ladies-S...</a><p>Or here: <a href="http://ladycoders.com/as-seen-on/" rel="nofollow">http://ladycoders.com/as-seen-on/</a>

This is a great story by one of our attendees talking about how learning to code wasn't enough to help her actually get jobs. She still had to learn to speak confidently about her skills.

Great to see LadyCoders getting more attention here on HN. From my time working with awesome women in startups and in a big tech shop it seemed like this was always a challenge given social norms. That's why I backed LadyCoders on kickstarter and I can't wait to see how they keep growing.

I wish this article mentioned more information about LadyCoders. I feel like it lead up to the point "go to a LadyCoders seminar" without explaining much about what LadyCoders is. Guess I'll just have to do my own research.