Jade Kneen

April 3, 2022

You’re not JUST a… Woman in Tech

It’s true. And I would say it’s true for all of women I know. When I first started interviewing for software developer roles, I remember sitting down with a recruiter and being told “positive discrimination works in your favour”. Yes, he told me that I was pretty much guaranteed the job on the basis of […]

January 18, 2022

Coding Bootcamp Scam

Over the last few days there has been debate on Twitter around Coding Bootcamps (and if you are interested in listening to one Twitter Space in particular then this one covers a few angles https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1mnxedwXerqJX ). While the debate was specifically focused on one US based bootcamp – which will remain unnamed -it was interesting […]

January 10, 2022

What to expect: AWS Exams at Pearson Vue Testing Centres

What you need to bring You don’t need to bring much. However, you will need two forms of ID: A government issued ID with a photograph. For example a passport An ID with your signature – this one threw me admittedly. However when I rang Pearson Vue I was told this could be something like […]

July 10, 2021

Jade Kneen: Business Owner

Yes, that’s right. As of yesterday, HerTechConnect Limited, is an active company on Companies House. And I’ll be honest I really expected it to be a lot easier. So what happened? First I made the decision that I did not want to use my personal address for the registration address. There were a few reasons […]

July 3, 2021

Launching a Social Enterprise: Recruitment

I’m listening to the Hamilton soundtrack to keep me going this afternoon. Musical soundtrack and a glass of wine – what else do I need? Oh yes, I need to write this post before the England match starts! So last time I checked in, I had set up our domain and set up a welcome […]