Lemme 'splain podcast: for when there is too much to sum up - Lemme 'splain podcast | Ep. 2 - Sarah Cawley: Techtonica - Why we need to bootcamp hard and soft skills

Lemme 'splain podcast | Ep. 2 - Sarah Cawley: Techtonica - Why we need to bootcamp hard and soft skills

08/16/23 • 42 min

Lemme 'splain podcast: for when there is too much to sum up

Sarah Cawley | Tectonica - why we need bootcamps for hard and soft skills
How do you create a pipeline from bootcamp to employment for people who’ve never worked in a corporate environment before?

How do you go beyond just getting the job to helping people keep the job?

That’s where Techtonica comes in.
Today we’re talking with Sarah Cawley, the Software Training Engineering Manager at Techtonica, a code bootcamp specifically aimed at BIPOC and neurodivergent women who are first generation corporate team members.

In this conversation, we discuss:

➔ the importance of soft skills for longevity

➔ the necessity of affecting change in the work landscape one person at a time.

➔ finding the safe people in your office

➔ the gap between societal female behavior patterns and expected corporate behavior for success.

➔ bootcamp pipelines to employment in the current tech landscape

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Connect with the Tectonica bootcamp: https://techtonica.org/

Sarah Cawley | Tectonica - why we need bootcamps for hard and soft skills
How do you create a pipeline from bootcamp to employment for people who’ve never worked in a corporate environment before?

How do you go beyond just getting the job to helping people keep the job?

In this conversation, we discuss:

➔ the importance of soft skills for longevity

➔ the necessity of affecting change in the work landscape one person at a time.

➔ finding the safe people in your office

➔ the gap between societal female behavior patterns and expected corporate behavior for success.

➔ bootcamp pipelines to employment in the current tech landscape

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Connect with the Tectonica bootcamp: https://techtonica.org/

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You do a podcast about it.
I’m not even gonna lie - this went off the rails.

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➔ The importance of connection to community

➔ Why institutionally enforced therapy is generally an erroneous approach

➔ We have so many issues with the Mandalorian masks

➔ Nikki watched the prequels again because she’s more tolerant than me

➔ Maybe magical space powers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be

➔ Was Anakin Skywalker an incel?

➔ Yes, Padme was a cougar, but we both lived in LA, and we’ve seen weirder.

➔ The Jedi Order needs a better HR department