Mentoring volunteer roles

CodeBuddy mentor

What is it?

A CodeBuddy volunteer supports one student on an individual, weekly basis with their technical homework (web development). It is a key role for students, as for many students it's their first experience with coding, so individual support helps them a lot to gain confidence and get advice from someone they know better and feel more comfortable with.

For whom?

As a CodeBuddy volunteer, you will need to know the full stack that we teach, as ideally, you help a student through their whole MigraCode course where they will learn front-end and back-end. Apart from that, experience with coaching/training is an advantage, but definitely not a must: you just need intrinsic motivation and patience to help one of our students graduate from MigraCode!

Time dedication?

It's quite flexible, but on a weekly basis you - when the student needs it - you can be available at least one hour for individual support. If you are available more, great. If one week you are on holidays or you are too busy, you can also just refer the student to the other support channels. The key thing is consistency, that in general you are there for your student.

How to start?

Just write a message to @Ali Raza Ashraf on Slack to sign-up as a CodeBuddy. Once there is a student in need of a mentor and matches your language and profile, we will connect you both through email and Slack.

CodeWomen volunteer

Sorry guys, this is a woman-only role. We have this strict requirement to create a safe and secure space for the women joining the sessions, to be able to discuss anything that participants want to share being a (migrant) woman trying to find their way into a mostly male-dominated tech world. After all, other tech meetups are mainly men joining, so CodeMen already exists! ;)

CodeWomen tech coach

What is it?

A CodeWomen coach helps female developers (MigraCode female students and external women) during our CodeWomen sessions. The female volunteer is a key person in encouraging, supporting and coaching women who are changing/have changed their career into tech. During the sessions, you individually coach women. Coding topics can include HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, NodeJS, databases, Python, UX/UI design, Heroku, debugging, good practices, testing, and much more.

For whom?

Any female developer that is willing to help other (migrant) women find their way into tech and gain new and valuable skills. Ideally, you have made a career change yourself into tech, but it's not a must.

Time dedication?

Join a session when you can! We meet three times a month, of which 2 are coding sessions, and the other session can be a tech-related topic, a career or HR topic, or a workshop. We send info about each meet through our Slack workspace.

How to start?

Sign up by contacting @Henriette directly via Slack or [e-mail]. After that, you will be added to the CodeWomen Slack workspace. We expect you to be at the meets that you registered for, but you can join any other CodeWomen meeting as well. Get introduced to the students, share your experiences and answer their questions about what you do, or help them with their coding questions and projects!

CodeWomen general volunteer

What is it?

A CodeWomen general volunteer supports the CodeWomen community by giving a talk or workshop in her area of expertise (for example, HRM or career coaching, Agile working, effective communications, etc.). These women professionals are important as sounding board, for answering questions on specific topics of their expertise, and as part of the network of our CodeWomen.

For whom?

Women who are professionals in areas like Human Resources, career advisers, tech recruiters, professional skills trainers, etc. It helps if you have experience in a tech company but that's not a must.

Time dedication?

We meet three times a month, and one session is a Learning & Networking event where we have a talk on a specific (tech or non-tech) topic, or a workshop or panel discussion. We always contact volunteers in advance about involvement as speaker or a supporting role. If someone does a talk or workshop, the time investment will not be more than preparation time plus the Learning & Networking event of approx. 3 hours.

How to start?

Sign up by contacting @Henriette directly via Slack or [e-mail]. After that, you will be added to the CodeWomen Slack workspace. We expect you to be at the meets that you registered for, but you can join any other CodeWomen meeting as well. Get introduced to the students, share your experiences and answer their questions about what you do, or help them with their coding questions and projects!