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Starting up

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Nadia Odunayo

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I started this blog as I was about to embark on the Makers Academy course in September 2013. I had recently graduated from university and had diverted from a career in banking. I was doing something totally unexpected but which … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship Tagged entrepreneurship

On Conferences — Random Talks and Going Solo

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Nadia Odunayo

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“So…what’s that got to do with Rails?” This was perhaps the third time in one day that I’d been asked this question by a prospective attendee to my talk. I was speaking at RailsConf and my talk was entitled ‘Playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged cloud computing, game theory, presentation

Game Theory: What’s PaaS Got To Do With It?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Nadia Odunayo

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Let’s say you own this bike: Your friend Gemma wants to buy it from you. She’s willing to pay up to £50 for it. You don’t want to tell Gemma this but you know the bike is on its last legs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged cloud computing, game theory, paas, presentation

Being a valuable team member when you’re inexperienced

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Nadia Odunayo

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I’ve been working at Pivotal Labs as a software engineer for six months now. Before that I was studying at Makers Academy, a twelve-week bootcamp in software development. Not long before that, I was studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at … Continue reading →

Posted in Education Tagged junior developer, pivotal labs, software engineer

On Entrepreneurship

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Nadia Odunayo

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A few weeks ago, I received this message from a friend: “I see you have put the idea of being an entrepreneur on the back burner to become a coder…” ..and from some conversations with a few other people I … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship Tagged entrepreneurship

Pivot

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Nadia Odunayo

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Two and half weeks after graduating from Makers Academy I was offered a full time job as a software engineer at Pivotal Labs. As I prepare for my first day at work tomorrow, I took some time to think back … Continue reading →

Posted in Makers Academy Tagged graduation, job, junior developer, pivotal labs, software engineer

Three months ago I couldn’t imagine building websites…

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Nadia Odunayo

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Twitter, Instagram, and Yelp all have hundreds of millions of users. Chitter, Captioner, and Dish don’t have any users at all. But I sometimes find them more interesting to use than the former three. I wouldn’t tell you to check … Continue reading →

Posted in Makers Academy, The Independent Tagged graduation, makers academy

Meet Team Pinch

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Nadia Odunayo

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In my post about my Makers Academy graduation, I mentioned how my team had produced a short silent film and a screencast for our presentation. Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Team Pinch:

Posted in Makers Academy Tagged final project, graduation

Book Club: Bring Up The Bodies

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Nadia Odunayo

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** This review may contain minor spoilers for those unfamiliar with Tudor history ** Since Makers Academy ended and the holidays began I’ve had more time to read, which was perfect timing for me since the book I was in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Club Tagged books, fiction, novels

MA Graduate

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Nadia Odunayo

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I remember coming to the end of my first week at Makers Academy and thinking that I still had such a long way to go. Since then, each week has passed by more quickly than the previous one, as I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Makers Academy Tagged graduation, presentation, projects

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