Origin story time 🦸‍♀️ What was your very first step into tech? 🤩 Mine was programming in Basic on a maths course at college in 1989, I liked it but didn’t really understand it that well. That actually got worse a few months later programming in Pascal at uni 🤪 Let’s see how similar or diverse our journeys are 🤩

Hi All, Happy Monday! We have two fab new members over the weekend @Sarah Foxley and @Maria Alicia De Andres Herrero who have introduced themselves in the welcome post below. Another massive welcome to you both 🥳 @Maria Alicia De Andres Herrero is currently job hunting, introducing you to @Cri Quentin, @Fawzia Zehra Kara-Isitt and @Zainab Bala who are also looking for work 🤩 maybe you can connect with each other here. It’s always good to chat to someone in similar circumstances ❤️ Who else is currently job hunting? I’m still buzzing from our gorgeous @Lauren Hargreaves getting a job last week, absolutely fantastic news 💃🏽 Looking forward to seeing anyone who can make it in our Lunchtime catchup from 12-1pm today, general catchup, and discussion about the DSIT call for evidence and putting together our response 🤩 See you all late! Sxx

Hi @Safia Barikzai @Adriana Wilde @Roshni Vachhani @Cigdem Sengul lets get a selfie together before we leave Bath!

Happy Easter Everyone! I hope you had a wonderful break? I had a reasonably chilled weekend, it was so nice to have 4 days off 💃🏽🎉 I went to watch Streatham Red Hawks play the Chelmsford Chieftains at ice hockey with my daughter Leah on Saturday night, that was fun 🤩 Wasn’t the weather great yesterday? After F45 in the morning 🌅 I went to visit Thames Sailing Club which is not far from home to check them out, will I enjoy sailing? Does anyone here sail? It sounds like fun 🌟 Then my lovely friend of 37 years(!) Rosie came round, so we all sat in the garden polishing off a few bottles of booze that had been hanging around for a year or two 🤪 Thanks @Lauren Hargreaves @Amber Raza and Dr @Fawzia Zehra Kara-Isitt for joining our catch up last night, it was lovely to see you as always ❤️ Just realised a couple of hours agothat it’s 10 years ago today I had my book launch in Piccadilly! Time flies! I’m looking forward to going to Bath tomorrow for the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 💃🏽 will anyone be there? @Roshni Vachhani maybe? Sending love and hugs and looking forward to catching up soon. Sxx PS I’ve started knitting a new jumper with wool that Leah bought for me in Helsinki, see below ❤️

Check out Sonia’s Fireside chat with us in the Classroom -> Fireside Chats 🔥🙌🏼❤️🎉