Coaches

Here you can find a list of the 3312 volunteers who have coached at codebar.

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

Nick Norkin

I have more than 10 years of experience in web development (mainly Ruby, elixir, js etc) and would love to share my knowledge

Giuseppe Capizzi (he/him)

Hi! I'm Giuseppe, and I'm a Software Engineer at GitHub. I'm Italian, now back in Italy after living in London for ~5 years. I love coaching on any topic I'm familiar with but I'm particularly interested in software design, refactoring and testing.

Skills: ruby python php java golang Git testing OOP functional programming rails rust HTTP APIs

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: SQL nosql database php mvc javascript jQuery

Julian Cook (he/him)

Self taught software developer since 2011 who loves learning and making other coders lives easier.

Skills: java javascript docker TypeScript AWS

CJ Taylor (she/they)

I work as a learning technologist in the Division of Medical Education at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. My main duties are to undertake technology based projects and create digital resource learning materials, tutorials and digital assets.

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

Ali R. Keles

Senior developer

Skills: python docker kubernetes golang

Nazar Hussain

I am an experienced developer, programmer and technical designer. I possess a strong programming and development background with knowledge of all aspects of overseeing and developing projects.

Skills: nodejs ruby web backend blockchain

Andrew Steel (he/him)

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

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

Joshua Mo (He/him)

Hey there! I'm a DevRel Engineer at Shuttle which is a cloud development platform.

Skills: python TypeScript rustlang SQL javascript ruby bash

Burak Güneli (he/him)

I'm working as a Senior. Frontend Engineer and I would like to become a coach and help people voluntarily. I organized a JS meetup at my previous company and I did 2 lightning talks about async code execution with JS: https://tinyurl.com/4d8su7dp

Skills: javascript TypeScript React scss

Krzysztof (Chris) Szafranek (he/him)

I'm currently working with MLOps, Python, and AWS cloud. I used to do a lot of frontend (JS/TS/CSS/HTML), shell scripting, and mobile game development. I enjoy problem solving, helping others, and learning.

Skills: python javascript Cloud frontend css html bash Git devops kubernetes MLOps

Didier Ganthier (he/him)

Codebar is an opportunity to grow and to help people around me grow. I'm Didier Ganthier, a Full-Stack Software Engineer from Haïti with proficiency in React, JavaScript, and Flutter and I dream of changing my country through technology.

Skills: javascript React.js Next.js Flutter java node.js Jest solidity python TailwindCSS Ruby on Rails MongoDB Express postgres Supabase Firebase Sanity

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: python java Scala c++ html css javascript SQL Git Linux React arduino

Adekola Akano (He/Him)

I have years of experience as a native android and iOS engineer. I have developed, deployed and maintained several mobile applications. I would like to work on anything related to native mobile applications but with priority to the android side.

Skills: Native Android iOS java kotlin Swift

Lachlan Hooker (He/they)

A little bit of front end web dev and mainly backend development

Marco Ranieri

I've started my coding career just 5 years ago in Ruby on Rails (LW bootcamp in Milan) and then moved to London as a bootcamp teacher for a couple of years - after that I became more curious about the code itself and moved to a full-stack developer role

Lisa Quatmann (she/her)

I'm an organiser for Django Girls, working at MPB -- I learned about codebar from our UK office. I don't code much these days, but I'm sure I remember enough to help out some beginners.

Skills: python django

Chris Emerson

Hoping to help coach people with any issues they have and help out where I can

Zoe Nolan (They/She)

I've worked for five-person startups to big tech in finance, communications, embedded systems, hardware architecture, and games.

Skills: c c++ c# java Go ruby python R javascript Lua assembly SQL docker Linux Git

Matt Arwen-Langham (he)

As someone who came through a bootcamp for people with non-code backgrounds and subsequently landed a job in the industry, I personally how life changing and rewarding it is to learn coding and would like to be part of that journey for other people.

Skills: html css javascript TypeScript React java php python Git

Daisy Everard (She/her)

I've worked mostly in Data in python, SQL, and databricks I also have some experience with Javascript

Skills: python SQL Databricks

Hamilton Manalo (him/he)

I've previously coached at a codebar hosted at the T Rowe Price Queen Victoria st offices and enjoyed the experience. I would like to continue coaching at London area code bars.

Nat McCabe (he/him/his)

Junior-Mid level, working primarily in Python but I also have experience in other lanugages

Skills: python java ts

Michael Umeokoli

I'm a Research Software Engineer at the University of Manchester and a Trust & Safety Technologist at OFCOM, passionate about using tech for social good. Excited to mentor and share my knowledge at Codebar.

Skills: javascript java python Go

Aaron Elligsen

I enjoy mentoring and teaching about Software development, Data structures and Algorithms, mathematics etc. I was an assistant instructor at Hackbright, a coding bootcamp for women in San Francisco.

Skills: TypeScript javascript python functional programming math

Lou Alldis (he/they)

I've been in IT for about 8 years, currently as a full stack web dev. I'm looking to become a senior dev at work and I think coaching people would be a great opportunity for me to learn valuable mentoring skills while also giving back to the community :)

Gareth James (He)

I am working with a colleague who has been helped by Codebar and I like the idea of it. I'm looking to see if I can help in any way. I've been working for a martech form for the past 16 months after completing a coding bootcamp.

Skills: javascript HTML5 CSS3 SQL python(beginner) c#(beginner)

Adam Pettitt (He/him )

Recruitment Consultant, happy to work with students as an advisor, help guide them in the job market, how to approach applications, CV reviews, Interview prep etc.

Godwin Odenigbo (He/Him)

I want to work for Codebar because I want to help minority groups get into tech. As a minority myself I would love to see more minority get into tech so there's more diversity. I am a software engineer with 4 years experience

Skills: node.js TypeScript javascript PostgreSQL MongoDB REST API backend Express JS.

Robert Maru de Vera

I want to be a coach and help others learn the craft. I am a software engineer of more than 10 years, and I have experience in Ruby on Rails, and Elixir.

Manasi Sant (she/her)

l'm a software engineer with 8 yrs of experience -Microsoft, Amazon, Financial Times. I'm passionate about sharing my knowledge and skills. I believe it is a way to give back and challenge my imposter syndrome while making positive impact.

Ella Koa (she/her)

I work remotely full time as a senior front end developer, and I miss face-to-face interactions with other people who are passionate about code. I recently moved to Brighton from Scotland, so I'm looking to make friends here, and share my knowledge.

Skills: TypeScript React html css Nextjs

Diogo Eichert (he/him/his)

I have been working professionally as a software engineer since the 90s, among desktop applications, games, mobile applications and web applications. I would like to join as a coach, I can help with career advice and software engineering in general.

Skills: Computer Programming software architecture web development automation Game Development compilers

Olaide Sogoye (she/her)

I am a Senior Product Manager mentoring at Codebar, empowering aspiring technologists and product managers. I share industry expertise to drive innovation, inclusivity, and growth in the tech ecosystem, fostering the next generation of leaders.

Skills: Product Management Agile Methodologies Scrum User Research Roadmap Planning Jira kanban

Leo Ginever (He/Him)

Coaching others and helping them develop their skills

Skills: c# .NET Azure AWS

Yusuf Jimoh

I’m a Software Engineer working on Mantid at UKRI with Python and C++. I’ve built and maintained mobile apps and contribute to open-source code. excited to join Codebar to help others gain confidence in tech and give back to the community

Skills: Swift iOS development android development kotlin Python and C++

Andrew France (he)

I'm a freelance web developer mainly working with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and Elixir but also do data modelling, SQL (Postgres), Javascript (jQuery, VueJS), and CSS.

Skills: ruby rails Elixir PostgreSQL javascript jQuery VueJs html css vim Linux Ubuntu database

Natalie Johnson (she / her)

A software engineer, specialising in front-end user interfaces. Experienced in multiple front-end frameworks and libraries, including React / Next.js, Angular, Stencil

Aura Everitt (she/her)

Web (mostly server, some browser) + game software developer and one time Quantum Information Scientist. Full time Node.js between 2012-2022, and since then Ruby and Scala (but I still love JS). TypeScript and React make me grumpy.

Skills: node.js JS ruby Scala c++ rust SQL c

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