Back in the college days I still consider myself blessed to have come across professionals from the industry who were putting efforts to bridge the gap between academics and industry. The inspiration came in seeing one person operate with full energy and enthusiasm making sure we learn. …

Since the day an article titled You Can Do It Too was published. I was contemplating on giving this extreme adventure sport White Water Kayaking a try. However, I had my own apprehensions before I could right away just go and register. Can I do it? What if the Kayak…

Some activities bring absolute joy and happiness from within. You are all in there. 60 minutes, 4–6 hours. The energy level is high, fear turned into excitement. Followed by a wonderful experience, a sense of satisfaction. Challenging to put the exact state into words. …

“Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living — if you do it well I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.” …

StoryTime, First Non-Tech about getting into Tech. Never before I visited any All Women Event. In a panel discussion, I was a speaker amongst the rest of women speakers who were founders, and with the number of years of experience in double digits. Neither am I a founder and experience…

DjangoGirls is a non-profit organization run at the global level with its chapters spread across various cities in different countries. The main aim of the initiative is to encourage more women into technology. There is no pre-requisite programming knowledge that one needs, to participate as a mentee. However, some programming…

The only point of putting it up here is to showcase that content written in job description matters. Everyone is looking for the best-fit candidate but why overwhelm the applicant or someone just starting with frequently used adjectives like Ninja Developers, Rockstars, Coding Ninja? Along with these others which are…

One thin little white cover book, glazed pages, and lots of beautiful illustrations. Narration revolving around Boa Constrictor, Baobabs, The Rose, Asteroid-B612. The narrator is a pilot by profession, and one day his plane accidentally crashes in the Sahara. Far away from civilization. There he happens to cross path with…

Four Years, on an average 6 courses each semester. Till the very last semester unfamiliarity with how things are going to be when we enter the professional world. While in college Smaller Projects, decent enough deadlines. Coding yourself, or being part of the group which has programmers. Wanted to, but lacked motivation…