Coaches

Here you can find a list of the 2922 volunteers who have coached at codebar.

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Nicolas Beney (he/him)

Full stack senior developer. Started programming at 12 and still loving it! Volunteering with young people at various CoderDojo and CodeClub events. Looking forward to help young adults too, especially from under-represented communities.

Skills: Raspberry Pi Scala Linux Git html css SQL c++ java javascript python React

Kumbirai Tanekha (he)

The goal is to contribute by helping others get up and running. I have a broad range of experiences working as a software engineer so I suspect I'll be useful. This is also a chance for me to learn.

Skills: postgres Observability cryptography Xcode iOS android studio Systems Integration Testing Database Protocols startups E-commerce Unit Testing Android kubernetes golang devops rust architecture MongoDB node.js ruby html css javascript python React Databases docker Containers

Isaac Raskin (he/him)

I am an alumnus of Founders and Coders, a javascript boot camp in London and Nazareth. I currently work for a music tech startup called Beatchain as a senior developer. I'd love to coach people in node, react, next.js, react-router, typescript etc.

Skills: react-router Redux styled-components Next.js GraphQL html css node javascript TypeScript React

Jodi Winters (she/her)

Very senior dev in BBC News. I have plenty of experience in a bunch of languages and technologies that no one uses anymore! That's life in the tech industry!

Skills: Unity/C# Love2D JS Git php html css SQL React

Andrew Steel (he/him)

I'm a software engineer, specializing in frontend technologies professionally.

Skills: Unit Testing Shell scripting Linux Git html css c javascript TypeScript React

Ollie Baker

I'm a freelance developer based in Brighton. I like to make games and all things interactive. I use JS/HTML/CSS, Unity and Haxe.

Skills: JS html css

Jordan O'Hara (He/Him)

I've recently finished University where I studied Software Engineering. Currently, I have a full-stack focus but have experience mainly with front-end development and within my free time I like to diversify my portfolio by building small applications

Nils Bussas

I'm a software engineer interested in sharing my knowledge and connecting with people. Currently, I work as a C++ developer on chargers for electric vehicles. In the past I've worked on self-driving vehicles and endoscopes.

Skills: Java (quite rusty) JS (basic) C/C++ Linux Go Git c# python

Kurre Ståhlberg (he/him)

I want to do something concrete to support minorities. I know programming well so this seems like a natural way be a better ally.

Abby Hudson (She/her)

I work as a backend developer for Wonderbly and have been coding for around 3 years. I work with Ruby on Rails and Typescript.

Skills: ruby javascript TypeScript

Adrian Rogers

I like robots and the code community in Barcelona and all the funky stuff they're making.

Skills: Front end!

Sam De Maeyer (him)

Hi, I am a principal front-end engineer working at Smart and I am very eager to share my knowledge with others!

Skills: HTML5 CSS3 EmberJs javascript

Lewis Jones (he/him)

I'm Head of Software at a small startup, and am also interested in robotics, mobile apps, websites, etc. I'm familiar with JavaScript, NodeJS, C#, Unity, React ...but happy to help with other languages/ frameworks or with general coding principles.

Skills: System design Express unity Git nodejs c# javascript React

Bela Hamid

I began my career as a software developer in 2021 after attending a coding bootcamp. I used to attend Codebar as a student and would like to come back as a volunteer coach.

Skills: html css javascript React

Zsolt Sztupak (he, they)

I'm an Engineering Manager based in Edinburgh. Previously I have also been a Teaching Assistant at a university where I realised I like helping people out when I can. I also held ruby tutorials to my co-workers as well.

Skills: spring-boot Android Ansible terraform digitalocean kubernetes x86 assembly functional programming Vanilla javascript algorithms Haskell devops AWS Ruby on Rails ruby html css c# c++ c java docker

Willem Labuschagne

I like solving problems.

Skills: any web + mobile stuff Ops/CI Java/Kotlin JS/TypeScript Obj-C/Swift AWS php html css c# SQL React

Pau Ortega Puig (he/him)

I'm a software developer who after close to 8 years of experience is starting to feel like he understands code. I've grown thanks to the people who have acted informally as mentors. I aim to repay the favour.

Skills: OOP basics XP practices JS TDD Vue php

bruna isabel (she/her)

I am a junior software engineer working at a cybersecurity company! I want to help people on their programming journey and to make them develop a passion for coding!

Skills: vue.js laravel jQuery php javascript python

Hannah van den Wijngaard (she/her)

I'm a junior front end developer. I got my first professional coding job through Codebar and I'm excited to come back as a coach!

jason chalangary (He/him)

I just finished a bootcamp in full-stack software development at the School of Code. I am looking to build a network with other people interested in code because I love coding and teaching code and I know it's the future!

Skills: Next Vite TailwindCSS Express html css node SQL javascript TypeScript React

Peter Warner-Medley (he/him)

Currently working as lead data/platform engineer at Lyst. Lover of teaching and making tech look a bit less like me (I am a white dude 😬)

Skills: copy-pasta from stackoverflow databases/SQL Total newbies first code javascript/typescript React (nothing too fancy) cloud infrastructure (mostly AWS) CS basics (beginners algorithms complexity etc) Elixir AWS python data structures

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: vue.js svg html css javascript python

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 SQL c++ c

Joby Harding (he / him)

I'm a freelance full-stack developer in Brighton UK and I 💜 building web apps.

Skills: laravel TailwindCSS php javascript TypeScript React

Matthew Williams (He/Him)

An experienced JavaScript / TypeScript developer that wants to contribute more to the local Norwich tech scene by coaching!

Skills: Testing. node javascript TypeScript React

Hugh Cole-Baker (he/him)

I'm a Site Reliability Engineer at Aiven.io, I work on projects in Python and SQL and in the past I've written things in Rust, Java and many years ago a game for Nintendo DS in C++.

Skills: Amazon Web Services Cloud devops rust Linux SQL java python

Brittany Blankinship (she/her )

various data processing, analysis, visualisation and presentations in R and RMarkdown

Skills: R statistics Data Visualisation

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

Helen Khor (she/her)

I currently work for Accenture as a frontend / UI developer. I am obsessed with design systems to scale products faster whilst providing a consistent user experience. I want to give back time to codebar after having spending many years as a student.

Skills: React.js sass html css javascript

Armand Dupuis (he/him)

Hey, I'm Armand! I'm a senior software developer located in Helsinki, Finland. I have experience coaching and teaching and enjoy helping others!

Skills: FullStack Web Development node javascript TypeScript python React

Daniel Crook (He)

Hello! I was recommended to join as a coach and thought its a great opportunity to help out the community. I have 8 years coding experience professionally in finance industry - in lots of languages from java, python, to web ! :)

Skills: web nosql rust Linux SQL c java python

FRIDA PERSSON (She)

Just started my coding journey and looking for some help and motivation

Skills: Symfony php SQL javascript python React

Callum Clegg

Studied Computer Science at the University of East Anglia. Currently a C++ developer for Artlist working on HitFilm.

Skills: Front-end c++ java python

Nelly Camacho

I have recently graduated in web design and content planning. I am currently working as a junior web designer at a web agency. I would be happy to teach one of my passions, coding; while helping people to reach their goals.

Erdinc Mutlu (he)

Software engineer. Open source contributor, hackathon lover. https://github.com/erdincmutlu https://www.linkedin.com/in/mutlu

Skills: golang TDD Linux AWS Git html SQL python docker

Daniel Yuschick

Lover of chocolate, tattoos and bridging the gaps between design and development.

Skills: Web Accessibility html css javascript React

Petar Zigic (He/Him/His)

Share my knowledge and improve my communication skills

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 devops TDD

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 mvc jQuery php database SQL javascript

Tuure Kaunisto (he/him)

I've been a web developer for over 10 years. Although I'm a programmer, good UX is what I like most about my job. I also tinker with electronic projects and robotics.

Skills: JS ts Express RoR unity jQuery html css c# Angular node SQL React

Thomas Ankcorn (he/him)

Puppo dad, coffee snob, foodie.

Skills: devops TDD node.js AWS javascript python

Sarah Giblett (She)

I currently work as a software developer contractor https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-giblett/

Skills: JavaScript/jQuery Umbraco PHP/Smarty PHP .NET .ASP.NET html css c# SQL

Anil Rao (he/him)

I have a background in machine learning research and development. I would like to coach python and also learn some of the other languages taught at Codebar.

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

Julian Pfeifle (he/him)

I'm a research mathematician at UPC in Barcelona, and an active member of the developer team of https://polymake.org . This is C++ software for treating high-dimensional discrete geometry. Lately I've also started using https://julialang.org .

Skills: jQuery Julia php html css SQL c++ python

Chris Oldnall (he/him)

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

Craig Dunlop (He/Him)

I've mainly worked on React/Node.js full stack applications as well as a little React Native for personal projects. As a career changer myself, I'd like to support others looking to make the switch into a career in tech.

Skills: React Native Next.js node.js html SQL java javascript React

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: GraphQL REST APIs MongoDB php javascript TypeScript

Yeseul Lee (she)

I'm a junior software engineer at a health tech company, having transitioned from web design. Passionate about sharing knowledge & experience, I understand the challenges of coding for the first time. I love learning & problem-solving!

Skills: React.js node.js Git html css SQL javascript

Max Hatfull (he/him)

Ruby, rails, unity (game dev) I'm a senior engineer at FreeAgent working with rails and js. In the past I've worked at Sumdog building their games to help children learn maths. I'm also blind.

Duncan Brown (he/him)

I'd like to post a job advertisement

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: cdk Jest html css SQL javascript TypeScript python React

Leo Riviera (he/they)

Hello! I'd like to attend events and coach participants. I've given talks at several events, worked across a handful of startups building out their architecture and writing code. I like mentoring and speaking to people and would like to do it a lot more.

Christos Gkerekos (he/him)

I'm working as a data scientist at a tech start-up (90poe.io). Before that I've done R&D in engineering and data projects. I'd be keen to coach in data science/python/git/PM. I enjoy the outdoors and good food.

Skills: pandas numpy sklearn project management Git python machine learning

Fernando Junior (he/him/they)

I've been working with development teams for the last few years. Mostly trying not to break everything around =)

Skills: Test shellscript deploy heroku testing TDD nodejs ruby java javascript docker

John Beisley (he/him)

I've coached at Codebar @ Google sessions. I've been a Software Engineer for ~18 years in the industry, the last 12 years of which as an SRE at Google. I typically work in Python and Go, but have an interest in Rust. Outside of work I play D&D.

Skills: rust Go html SQL c++ java javascript python

Jennifer Barnes

I’ve been working as a dev for 18 months

Skills: python Ci/CD

Peter Monks (he/him)

I've been a software developer for 17 years and I really like sharing knowledge, so hoping this is a good opportunity to help others. I've mostly been a .NET developer but starting to branch out a bit now with some other tech.

Skills: ASP.NET TDD DI architecture Git html css c# Angular SQL javascript TypeScript React

Florian Rathgeber (he/him)

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

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

Ian Dickinson (he/him)

I'm a full-stack developer and team lead at Epimorphics. My team focuses on building web applications for data management and data visualisation. I've heard about the great work that Codebar is doing, and am happy to help if I can.

Skills: Vue web development Git Ruby on Rails html css javascript python

Curtis Turk

I'm currently working on a radio show episode music finder and web scraper. I've completed a Makers bootcamp and i'm looking for my first dev role I've done a bit of everything from bike mechanic to commercial manager

Skills: Next.is MongoDB PostgreSQL Sinatra Jest ruby node TypeScript React

Nathan Dao (he/him)

Howdie! I'm Nathan and currently working as a Senior Software Developer at Futurice, Finland. I worked mostly as a full stack developer using React, TypeScript, Node.js, Go and a bit of infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Terraform).

Skills: node.js Go AWS Azure TypeScript React

Oscar Chen (he/him)

I am a software engineer working at Bloomberg on our financial analytics platform. I primarily work with C++ and Python, and a little JavaScript. As a self taught programmer, I hope to help others on the same journey!

Skills: Git can coach beginner javascript and HTML c++ python

Kasia Banas (she/her)

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

William Frankish (he/him)

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

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

Leaf Rogers (he/him)

I’d love to help people learn web technologies that I know well, with anything from beginner level HTML/CSS/JavaScript to professional and high-traffic web apps/sites. From me you’ll get patience, kindness, and hopefully some mutual learning!

Skills: nodejs accessibility web performance web standards user interfaces HTTP principles version control software engineering CDNs working in cross-discipline teams line management contracting in the UK interviewing CVs expressjs api design html css javascript TypeScript Databases

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 Web Accessibility html css javascript

Uros Cirkovic (He/him)

I have recently seen that one of my ex-colleagues (Capucine Rosset) is a coach at Codebar Barcelona and as I myself was working as a teacher in a coding bootcamp for over 2 years I would like to volunteer and assist in your program.

Steve Honeyman

I’m a front-end developer and designer with a passion for web standards, layout, typography and graphics. I believe that anyone and everyone should be able to code and that building sites should be easy and fun.

Tom Waddington (He/him)

I've been coding in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript for 15+ years. Keen to teach Rails, but can help with JS too 🙂

Skills: Ruby on Rails rails ruby API database javascript TypeScript

Yuqing Wang (she/her)

I am a Data Science bootcamp graduate, with 1-year experience in teaching Data Science with Python. Self-taught web developer, will be joining Founders and Coders Cohort 28 this year. Ask me about bootcamp applications/experience and my guinea pigs.

Skills: html css SQL javascript python

James Renwick

I previously worked at Thomson Reuters as a Front end engineer on an AI project which would read leases for lawyers and use AI to highlight important information. I've since been with Butternut Box for over a year now as a senior front end engineer

Marika Kwiecień (she/her)

I'm fairly new here, moved to Finland last year, along with my wife. I've been working in IT for the last 15 years, mostly as a full stack engineer and manager. I'm developing my own idea, which requires me to learn data science and machine learning.

Naomi Pearse (she)

Having joined Codebar as a student, I have now gained my first role as a software engineer.

Skills: html css javascript

Carmelo Carrillo (He/his)

I’ve been a developer for five years. I’d love to help others to make it into the tech community. It will be nice to know a little bit more about the project and see how me and a group I colaborate with could help.

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: c# Microsoft .NET Angular SQL

Eleanor Casson (she/her)

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

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

Tom Robinson (he/him)

I am a Software Engineer at Cisco based in London with around 6 years of experience within the tech industry. I have a First Class Degree in Computer Science from The University of Manchester, graduating back in 2017.

Skills: c++ c java javascript TypeScript python React OpenCV computer vision machine learning ai agile bash Networking OpenGL Databases ARM Assembly Ci/CD Embedded Programming data structures redis Cassandra Microservices docker Containers

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