5 Female-Founded Startups to Keep an Eye on This Year

The first half of the year is proving to be a good one for a few ambitious new companies. By Hailey Robinson Startup companies have taken the business world by storm in recent years — and 2014 isn’t disappointing, so far. From tech companies revolutionizing...

Please Do Learn How to Propose Better Solutions

Software development is not code. It’s solving problems. Before you learn how to code, learn how to propose better solutions. By Gina Trapani (Founder, ThinkUp) In a post entitled Please Don’t Learn How to Code, software developer Jeff Atwood argues that...

In War For Talent, "Brogrammers" Will Be Losers

“The rise of the brogrammer joke and its ensuing backlash has some benefits: It helps talented women choose worthy employers, it gives a name and face to a problem that plagues the industry and it publicly shames some of the most sexist offenders.” By Gina...

In War For Talent, “Brogrammers” Will Be Losers

“The rise of the brogrammer joke and its ensuing backlash has some benefits: It helps talented women choose worthy employers, it gives a name and face to a problem that plagues the industry and it publicly shames some of the most sexist offenders.” By Gina...
Why Learn How To Code

Why Learn How To Code

By Gina Trapani (Creator, ThinkUp & Todo.txt Apps) Codecademy’s Code Year is a weekly lesson for people who want to learn how to program. Over at Slate, Farhad Manjoo explains a few good reasons why you might want to do that at all, with a quick quote from...