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What teaching kids to code taught me
“Good morning, Mr. Kelley!” Over the past year, I’ve enjoyed hearing this cheerful greeting from my students at the start of every class. No, I’m not a teacher; I’m a Senior Java Developer at Atlassian. But this year, I’ve been able to teach kids computer science...
What I want other parents to know about women in tech
I’m a 16-year veteran of the tech world, a “recovering coder,” and the mother of a 6-year-old girl. And if I was looking at tech from the outside, I would be freaked the F out right about now. The headlines about women in tech have been bleak these past few years....
Get your kids coding with Minecraft
If you have young children like I do between the ages of 5-10 you're probably all too familiar with the Minecraft craze and may even have the books and foam toys related to Minecraft in your home. In the interest of trying to find some educational value out of this...
Atlassian Blog My daughters are coding, thanks to Minecraft and slime
Years ago, Grace Francisco was taking apart computers and teaching herself computer science. Today, she is the VP of Developer Relations at Roblox and mother to two girls. Though she was the first woman on many of the software teams she’s worked on, Grace is not the...
Microsoft buys into Grab as pair focus on big data and AI on Azure
Microsoft has announced making a strategic investment in ride-sharing service Grab, as one of the first moves under a recently forged partnership between the two companies. Grab will also adopt Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform, hoping to use the...
How Amazon ended up in San Diego
Think big: The development of this tech hub was sparked by an Amazonian's six-pager. A new Amazon office is nestled into San Diego’s Golden Triangle neighborhood, which is home to a budding tech sector, and within shouting distance of both the Pacific Ocean and the...