What we’re about
We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
Our mission
Empowering women to be at the forefront of Technology and Innovation
Our vision
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services.
Code of Conduct
At Women Coding Community we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community where women can network, share experiences, and foster professional relationships, regardless of age, gender, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, gender expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, sexual orientation or preferred programming language(s).
The full version of our Code of Conduct could be find following the link:
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January Book Club: Radical Candor
·OnlineOnlineWomen Coding Community Book Club!
This month's Book: Radical Candor by Kim Scott
"Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead, and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives. Kim Scott's insights--based on her experience, keen observational intelligence and analysis--will help you be a better leader and create a more effective organization." ― Sheryl Sandberg author of the New York Times bestseller Lean In
If you would like to have a say in our next book club read, do join our channel #prog_book_club.
If you would like to volunteer, do join our volunteering channel #bookclub_volunteers.
Schedule:
⏰ 19:00 - 19:10 Introduction to Women Coding Community
⏰ 19:10 - 20:00: Book Summary & Discussion
Host: Silke Nodwell | LinkedIn
Silke holds an MSci Mathematics, First Class Honours, from Imperial College London. She has two years of experience in data science and machine learning. Silke is also a Lead at Women Coding Community, where she runs the bookclub and organizes talks by inspirational women. In her free time, she enjoys running and hiking. She has just completed her first marathon in May 2025.
Co-host: Prabha Venkatesh | LinkedIn
Prabha is the Lead Data Scientist at Milbotix. She’s previously worked as a Full-stack Software Developer and holds a Master’s degree from Lancaster University. She’s also a Lead at the Women Coding Community. Her interests include reading books, travel and cinema.
👩🏽💻 About Women Coding Community
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
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👩🏽💻 Code of Conduct
At Women Coding Community we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version can be found by following the link.38 attendees
Fireside Chat with Meena - The Engineer Who Became a Manager
·OnlineOnlineMost engineering managers step into leadership roles with little preparation for what truly awaits them. Beyond learning new skills or processes, the transition often triggers a deeper internal struggle - an identity shift that reshapes how they see their value, their work, and themselves.
In this fireside chat, Meena draws from her newly published book, The Engineer Who Became a Manager, to explore the rarely discussed psychological journey of moving from individual contributor to engineering leader. Together, we’ll unpack why the transition feels so disorienting, why common management training often falls short, and why many new managers quietly question whether they’ve made the right choice.
Rather than focusing on frameworks or tactics, this conversation goes beneath the surface to examine the loss of technical identity, the emotional weight of leadership, and the search for meaning that accompanies this career shift.
Expect an honest, thoughtful discussion that validates the experience many engineering managers have but rarely articulate.
🗓 Date: 28th Jan 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM BST
Who should attend
- First-time engineering managers
- Senior engineers considering a management path
- Leaders and mentors supporting engineers through career transitions
What you’ll gain
- A clearer understanding of the identity shift behind the manager transition
- Make sense of the emotional challenges
- Language to make sense of common struggles new managers face
- A more grounded perspective on leadership beyond technical expertise
Speaker: Meena Venkataraman | LinkedIn — Founder of Code to Leadership, inspired by watching too many brilliant engineers struggle not with competence, but with identity, during the transition into management.
With over 20 years of experience working with technology teams and leaders, she brings a rare blend of technical context, leadership insight, and deep empathy for first-time managers.
An ICF-credentialed coach, Meena works closely with new engineering managers to help them develop leadership approaches that are sustainable, human, and true to who they are, rather than forcing them into one-size-fits-all management models.
The Engineer Who Became a Manager is her first book, exploring the often unspoken psychological journey engineers face when stepping into leadership roles.
Host: Madhura Chaganty | LinkedIn
👩💻 About Women Coding Community:
We empower women in tech through education, mentorship, and career support. Join us for hands-on workshops, events, and a welcoming community.
🌍 Website: https://www.womencodingcommunity.com/
📜 Code of Conduct: We are committed to inclusivity and respect. Please review our community guidelines.
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DevOps++: Turning Green IT Ambition into Daily Engineering Actions
·OnlineOnlineMany organizations assume that moving workloads to renewable energy or buying efficient hardware is enough to become sustainable. In practice, software can run on green power and still waste energy through idle compute, over allocation, and inefficient design choices. This session reframes Green IT as an engineering discipline: reduce waste through concrete, repeatable actions and use CO2 as validation rather than the primary steering mechanism.
You will be introduced to DevOps++, a practical framework that embeds sustainability into the daily work of DevOps teams by integrating measurable sustainability actions directly into the delivery lifecycle. We will walk through the DevOps++ playbook: Detect, Expose, Fix, Validate. You will see how observability and AI can surface inefficiencies, how testing can make sustainability signals visible earlier, how pipelines can automate improvements in code and infrastructure as code, and how Ops and FinOps can validate outcomes using energy, emissions, cost, and performance. Attendees will leave with a clear, end to end approach to turn sustainability ambition into operational habits and measurable impact.
🎤 Speaker: Wilco Burggraaf, Sustainable Digital Architect & Transformation Lead | LinkedIn
Wilco Burggraaf is the Principal Lead of Green Software Engineering at HighTech Innovators, based in Rijen, The Netherlands. With over 20 years of experience in software development (primarily C#), Wilco has worked as a developer, architect, agile tester, and IT advisor. Since 2024, he has focused on advancing sustainable digital practices, specializing in performance-driven, low-impact software systems. A recognized Green Software Champion, Wilco shares practical insights through talks and hands-on articles on topics like energy profiling, architecture, and real-world green coding. He’s passionate about bridging the gap between DevOps and sustainability, empowering engineers to write software that runs smarter and lasts longer. Explore his work on Medium: https://medium.com/@wilco.burggraaf
👩💻 About Women Coding Community:
We empower women in tech through education, mentorship, and career support. Join us for hands-on workshops, events, and a welcoming community.
🌍 Website: https://www.womencodingcommunity.com/
📜 Code of Conduct: We are committed to inclusivity and respect. Please review our community guidelines.
📌 Follow us :
LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube | Meetup | GitHub | Slack | email15 attendees
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