Coaches

Here you can find a list of the 2876 volunteers who have coached at codebar.

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Jack Joynson (he/him)

Happy to get stuck into anything! Primary: Javascript, Node, Typescript, CI/CD, Github actions, AWS, Azure, Bash/Sh scripting. Secondary: React, HTML, CSS, GCP, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, C# .NET, Jenkins.

Adam Jenkin (He/him)

I'm a technical director at Zone Digital and have a background in web and database development. I started as an apprentice and would like to help support and guide others in coding and digital careers.

Skills: .NET SQL c# python javascript

Milcho Milchev (He/him)

Hey! I’ve been a video game developer for 10 years. Apart from that I recently started learning to be a full stack dev with React+Typescript+Golang

Skills: Unreal Engine golang c++ c# TypeScript React

Nikhil Palavalasa (He,him)

I am a software programmer with a decade of experience as a Backend engineer & Full stack developer. I enjoy sharing my knowledge & experiences with other programmers & learn about their own experiences.

Omar Ali (He)

Software Engineer with Infinity Works. Hoping to help out on the night if needed.

Aly Said

I would like to help educate/coach. I have tutored some introduction to programming and programming language courses when I was at University and have done 8+ years of professional software development since then.

Luke T (He/Him)

I'd like to help out with local coding worshops. I have worked as a programmer for many years and have good all-round experience in lots of different languages and technical areas. I've also helped with coaching as a member of other organisations.

Emilio de la Torre (he/him)

I've done backend work with Node.js and GCP/AWS. I've done more frontend work recently, using mostly React. I'll be happy to work on any of those

Tanika Robinson (she/her)

I completed a full stack course with CodeYourFuture and I am now working with Financial Times as a Full Stack Engineer. I can work with students to help them understand the basics of HTM, CSS and Javascript.

Andy Little

Hello, previously a musician, I have recently made the transition to tech myself. I spent half a year as an engineer at LeavingCard.com before joining the FT last May where I have been very content. I enjoying both the work and the lovely people here.

Skills: AWS GraphQL node React css

Jack McBride (He/Him)

I work at Ghyston, Codebar is one of our chosen charities. I would like to teach programming . I have a real passion for front-end development (React, JS/TS) and would like to spread this to others. https://portfolio-jackmcbride.vercel.app/

Skills: JSX tailwind Next.js GraphQL node.js TypeScript React css javascript html

Steph Paterson

I work as a full stack developer, mostly doing React/Typescript and Java. Having recently learnt to code and made a career change I'd love to help others to do the same!

Jack Talbot (He/They)

I'm a Lead engineer at FanDuel and have provided student support at Heriot-Watt University in the past. More than happy to take part as a coach at the upcoming FanDuel event (and also at others in Edinburgh if/when they occur).

Archit Sharma (he/him)

I have been a software developer at Ghyston for over a year after studying Electrical Engineering at university

Yaroslav Polosin (he)

I'm a junior full stack dev at Ghyston and would like to see and participate in events. I enjoy teaching others and have been running coding clubs in the past

Skills: webdev unity c# TypeScript React css javascript html

Christy Campbell (he/him)

Coaching and mentoring. Engineering manager now but was primarily a java dev, work on a bit of typescript/infra as code stuff now

Qumber Hussain

Hello! I am Qumber I am a full-stack dev working in the industry for the last several year. My work is based in London, I've worked on a range of projects and products all involving HTML/CSS and JS. Qumber

Skills: TypeScript React css javascript html

Andrew Buchan (he/him)

Self taught dev with 13ish years commercial experience. I used to run Python workshops (some with CodeClan) and now work for a hip wee green startup in London. Love coaching, and want to give a little back to the community.

Skills: architecture python javascript

Jason Hotchkiss (he)

I used to work as a developer in travel and have a lot of c++ and sql knowledge. Now have a small business making electronic music instruments.. lots of firmware stuff! can help with arduino/teensy/pic/arm etc

Skills: Electronics c c++ SQL

Laura Dobie (she/her)

I completed the CodeClan software development course in March 2021, and I'm currently a developer at Verint, working mostly with Java and Spring. Happy to help with projects in Java or Python, could brush up on my front end skills to help with this, too!

Skills: spring java python

John Baxter (he/him)

I have ~1 year of commercial experience; I'm most fluent in Python. In the past I have completed Makers Academy bootcamp, had temporary (short-term) employment at Funding Circle and am now working at AND Digital.

Skills: SQL ruby python

Chris Oldnall (he/him)

My main programming language is Python! Typically I work on implementation of statistical estimators which come in complex forms.

Alessia Calafiore

I am lecturer in urban data science and work with R on a daily basis. I am specialised on dealing with spatial data spanning analysis and visualisation/mapping. I also developed an R package to interact with the Consumer Data Research Centre API.

Kieran Marron (He/him)

I've worked in various roles up to VP of engineering. I enjoy encouraging people to explore and solve problems and owning the solutions they build.

Skills: dotNET PowerShell Technical Design leadership c#

Charlotte Desvages (she/her)

I got into coding through academic research, coding simulations of musical instruments. I'm now a lecturer - my day job is teaching Python to maths students (which I love!)

Skills: numpy scipy pandas seaborn matplotlib Matlab github Git python

Mouaad Aallam (he/him)

Software Engineer at Algolia and passionate about tech!

Jack Webb-Heller

I'm a professional software developer and SaaS co-founder with 10 years of experience building and designing web applications. A friend attended Codebar as a student, and suggested I apply as a coach. It looks like a great project!

Umberto Noe (he, him, his)

I teach statistics within the Department of Psychology of the University of Edinburgh. I have experience with coding in R, Python, and Matlab.

Geraint Guan (he/him)

I'm interested in contributing as a coach and helping out. I'm currently a lead software engineer at a start-up (appointedd.com) and I've worked across the back-end and front-end of web application development as well as tooling/infrastructure.

Skills: REST APIs php GraphQL MongoDB TypeScript javascript

Anitha Dharaneedharan

I am a software engineer with 4plus years experience in Javascript and React. I would like to help junior developers with blockers or bugs

Skills: node.js TypeScript React css javascript html

Nathan Lisgo

JavaScript and PHP are my main skills. I have experience with the Drupal platform.

Kristiana Sizinceva (She/her)

HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP. Ive been working as a frontend developer for 6 years with various agencies and startups. And have a Bsc degree in Computing Sience

Skills: sass php css javascript html

Dhaya Benmessaoud (he/him)

I'm a frontend engineer at Algolia. I build the UI libraries that help developers create snappy search experiences.

Skills: css javascript html

Michele L

Sharing engineering knowledge is the path of growth.

Mariana Lozynska (she/her)

I am a junior developer, in the past I did html, css and JavaScript. I want to work in these areas on codebar.

Abay Ibrayev (He/Him)

Love to work with people with the same interest in tech and make connections. I already participated as a coach a couple of times when Codebar visited our IMG Arena office and want to continue!

Skills: Next.js React css javascript html

Dylan Tientcheu

Software engineer, proficient with Vue, React, Angular, Node, Typescript, Python, GoLang, Cloud and DevOps.

Frantisek Zacek

Senior dev for IMG Arena

Almu Iturgoyen (She/her)

JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Node, ApolloClient, GraphQL

Kire Simonovski

I'm a Lead Software Engineer with extensive experience in Infrastructure and Software Development. I work as a Lead Full Stack engineer creating scalable architecture as well as Web solutions using C#, .NET, SQL and Angular as a Frontend Framework.

Skills: Microsoft .NET SQL c# Angular

Beth Gaković (she/her)

I’ve spent 4 years as a tech trainer & in curriculum R&D. I start my first full time Software Engineer role this May and would love to keep supporting others in their journeys. I’m interested in however I can help, particularly with live events & content.

Skills: (some) AWS services being a rubber duck SQL docker node TypeScript python React javascript

Katie Uvanovic (any)

I can help people out with SQL. I have attended codebar 4 years ago as a learner and now wish to give back.

Michelle Steele (She/her)

Dotnet / JS / Ruby full stack developer at Avalara.

Skills: HTML/CSS Dotnet/C# Git TDD ruby React javascript

Andrew Gray (he)

I'm a full stack developer with data science and system integration tendencies. Also chef and mixicologist. I wrote 6502 assembler on a Commodore Pet in 1980. I feel very old.

Skills: Scala kotlin rust Elixir Haskell REST golang progressive-enhancement Do-not-use-React Git SQL java css javascript html

Jamie Brown (He/Him)

Senior software engineer working at The Financial Times.

Jeremy Keith (he/him/they)

I like to teach HTML and CSS.

Skills: css javascript html

Florian Rathgeber (he/him)

I'm leading the team of codebar hosts at Google. Sometimes I also get to coach \o/

Skills: bash c c++ Git Linux SQL python javascript

Elizabeth Caney

I play guitar

Khalid .

I am a long-term hobbyist, Ex-Software Engineer at a FAANG company, Recurse Center Alumni (Fall, 2015). I took a sabbatical for personal development and travelling. I'd love to help to mentor in order to give back to the community.

Skills: Full-Stack JavaScript functional programming Game Development distributed systems java python

Julian Blundell (he)

I am a freelance back end developer, been working in the Brighton area for 15 years. My specialties are Sql and NoSql database design and implementation, php/mvc frameworks and reasonable JavaScript/jQuery

Skills: nosql database mvc jQuery php SQL javascript

Xavier Vergés (he/him)

25+ years at IBM. Now at StreamSets. I like Python, node.js and teaching.

Skills: Git node.js python

Sandy McMillan (he)

I'm currently an instructor at CodeClan in Edinburgh. Before that I had been a programmer for many years

Skills: c c++ SQL java ruby c# javascript

Peter Trizuliak (He)

Happy to help with JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS or Node.js

Skills: node.js React css javascript html

Femke Bolle (she/her/they)

I have 5 years of experience working as a data scientist in cyber security

Skills: data science machine learning statistics R python

Bruno Girin (he/him)

I've been coding for 25 years with a variety of technologies. I'm currently working with Node.js and Python and I have experience with Java, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL and APIs.

Skills: bash API Continuous Integration Git SQL node.js java python svg css javascript html

William Frankish (he/him)

Full stack developer at Oxford Computer Consultants. [email protected] is also me.

Skills: python (if necessary) java (if necessary) c# TypeScript React css javascript html

Chris Lloyd (he/him)

I'm a PHP + JavaScript web developer, and I like helping people learn how to do things.

Skills: php TailwindCSS laravel nodejs Git React css javascript html

Sunali Seth (she/her)

Working for Lego Inc as a Developer for 4 years using ReactJS, Javascript, AWS and GraphQL.

Skills: ReactJS GraphQL debugging Git css javascript

Dr Pawel Orzechowski (he/him)

I have worked in programming and education for over 10 years. Recently at [email protected] and CodeClan. I currently teach programming at Business [email protected] of Edinburgh. Python, JS, Swift/Android, Flutter. I worked as a mobile dev and head of UX

Kasia Banas (she/her)

I teach data science for health and social care. My main language is R.

Maduri Vassaramo (She)

Full-stack developer at Vinterior

Skills: rails ruby React javascript

Duncan Brown (he/him)

I'd like to post a job advertisement

Alistair Kane

I am currently a technical assistant at CodeClan in Glasgow. Happy to help with anything.

Essi Jukkala (she/her/they)

I have a M.Sc. (Tech) from Aalto University in Game Design and Production. Currently I am employed fulltime at Wondershop as a lead game developer. In addition to game development I am interested in computer graphics and computer networks.

Skills: c c++ Git Linux unity Swift iOS Xcode clojure c#

Ademola Fabuyi (he)

I work as a full-stack consultant, so I generally get thrown into situations where I need to learn on the fly but my main knowledge base is around web development and cloud computing solutions.

Skills: TypeScript python javascript

Charlie Strange (He/Him/They)

Having had experience in IT at many levels, I'm currently settled in web development (PHP/JS) in the Tech-for-Good sector. I'd like a crack at supporting and assisting new coders.

Skills: PHP (Laravel) JS (ReactJS Vue.JS) sysadmin Agile development SQL

Evie Skinner (she/her)

Hiya coders! I'm a polyglot developer with 4.5 years' experience. I was bootcamp-trained and used to be a student at Codebar. I can help you with .Net, Azure, Vue, React, TDD, interview preparation, CV tips, and more :->

Skills: SQL Vue node.js docker Azure java public speaking postgres TDD MongoDB ruby c# TypeScript React css javascript html

Esko Luontola (he/him)

I'm a full-stack developer with coding experience since 1999. I created the TDD MOOC at the University of Helsinki: https://tdd.mooc.fi I've also coached beginners at Rails Girls and wrote the tutorial https://web-intro.luontola.fi

Skills: frontend backend ux TDD devops

Rupert Redington (he/his/they)

I've taught some javascript in the past and am comfortable with it.

Renata Svaboviciute

I'm a Javascript developer and I'd like to help others who are just starting out their coding journey.

Skills: TypeScript React css javascript html

Jennifer Barnes

I’ve been working as a dev for 18 months

Skills: Ci/CD python

Rose Bonner (she/her)

User researcher and front end developer at Neontribe

Pavel Isaev

I like to teach coding in different formats. I've been teaching Python at university and at Django-girls in Helsinki. Codebar seems like another great opportunity to help people with coding.

Bozena Vuckovic (she/her)

Past Codebar student turned coach

Skills: node Express MongoDB PostgreSQL JS React css html

Robert Siemieniec (he/him)

I'm a coach in various server-side programming languages. Mostly focusing on Ruby, Rust, Clojure and Python. I've been coaching and organising workshops regularly for the last 6 years.

Skills: ruby RoR clojure JS python

Luke Mengell

I have been working in the software industry for just over half a decade. Hobbies include guitar/music in general, badminton, running and psychology.

Skills: c# Angular TypeScript css html

Eleanor Casson (she/her)

I've been working as a developer for the last 2.5 years. And want to share the knowledge.

Michael Mulqueen (He/him)

Interested in helping with anything, professionally I do full stack so HTML, CSS, Javascript (vanilla and Vue.js) + Bootstrap and lots of Python, SQL, occasionally PHP. Self taught and a career changer, may be useful?

Skills: python vue.js svg css javascript html

Willem Taylor

Javascript, react.js, front-end developer

Kiri Egington (She/her)

I am a front end engineer and would like the opportunity to give back to the tech community by helping minority groups get started. would love to get involved with any remote events, or events near me.

Skills: React accessibility css scss Redux javascript html

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