Founders & Coders Podcast Founders & Coders

Reda (FAC18) and Reuben (FAC17) talk about working at Time to Spare and discuss what FAC was like when it happened in physical proximity with the rest of the cohort.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

An interview with Shireen Zoaby of WebAhead, FAC's sister organisation in Haifa, Israel. We discus learning to code overseas and how to bring that knowledge home and start sharing it with more people.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

An interview with Ghada Ibrahim of Gaza Sky Geeks, FAC's sister organisation in Gaza. We talk about the challenges and joys of learning and teaching others code in Gaza.

Code Academy web page: https://gazaskygeeks.com/code/
Volunteering with Code Academy form: https://forms.gle/PHeUMVaiUCD2PifP9

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

Some media articles involving Ghada and what the team at Gaza Sky Geeks do:
- Entrepreneurship Under Occupation; https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/07/25/entrepreneurship-under-occupation-my-gaza-startup
- Female forces driving the Arab World’s tech revolution; https://www.vogue.in/content/meet-the-female-tech-innovators-of-the-middle-east
- Gazan women in IT: doing what you love; https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/latest/news/2020/02/06/gazan-women-in-it-doing-what-you-love
- Wireless in Gaza: the whizz-kids making code not war; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/wireless-in-gaza-the-code-school-bringing-hope-to-the-strip
- Coronavirus: The women fighting back against Covid-19 in Gaza with hackathons, meditation and yoga; https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/coronavirus-gaza-palestinians-covid19-middle-east-cases-tech-a9505681.html
- Coding in a conflict Zone; https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-45758264/coding-in-a-conflict-zone

Dan talks about the starting the bootcamp and where it’s going, Josh talks about starting a web developer job and how that’s going, and Azizi, Dan and Josh together discuss their dissatisfaction with studdying physics before finding web development.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

This episode Azizi chats to Shaya and Jess their experiences of getting into and FAC and their time in the bootcamp.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC20 members Amber and Ephie discuss their experiences of the FAC bootcamp during their last week on the course

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.