Cloudera’s November Volunteer Highlight is Glaucia Esppenchutz, employees information engineer, primarily based in Lisbon, Portugal.
Glaucia volunteers with Free Code Camp, a corporation based in 2014 that helps aspiring technicians be taught to code without cost.
Via the creation and publication of movies, articles, and interactive coding classes—all freely obtainable to the general public—Free Code Camp is ready to attain and practice thousands and thousands of individuals yearly. Furthermore, since they’re not a bootcamp and provide their assets solely without cost, their supplies are simply built-in into and utilized by bootcamps globally, additional increasing their attain. Nevertheless, this implies they rely solely on the contributions of volunteers, resembling Glaucia, to advise on curriculum improvement and to mentor learners.
Glaucia answered learner questions on the open discussion board, mentored students, and translated articles into Portuguese, making certain aspiring technicians in her neighborhood had entry to the total vary of assets Free Code Camp gives.
“It was significant to me to have the ability to give data freely to folks all through the world and in my neighborhood, serving to folks acquire abilities wanted to get a job and enhance their life.”
Cloudera lately introduced a brand new deal with tech jobs of the long run. As a part of our dedication, volunteering alternatives much like the one Glaucia participated in will probably be made obtainable to Clouderans throughout the globe. When requested if she inspired her colleagues to take part in such occasions, she responded unequivocally, “Sure, having data of one thing isn’t price it if you happen to don’t share it with others.”
Glaucia first began volunteering with Free Code Camp when she heard about it from friends within the coding and know-how neighborhood however now that she is concerned, she is hooked. “When you see how even a small quantity of labor can influence somebody’s life, it’s onerous to cease volunteering. It’s essential to maintain spreading info and together with extra folks within the tech world.”
At Cloudera, we’re dedicated to supporting Clouderans and the causes they care most about. The eagerness of Clouderans like Glaucia reinforces our dedication to reskilling for the tech jobs of the long run and emphasizes the significance of making alternatives for our international workforce to mentor folks concerned with becoming a member of high-growth tech professions that will in any other case be inaccessible.
Be taught extra about Cloudera’s Reskilling for the Tech Jobs of Tomorrow initiative and comply with alongside on our weblog for updates on the pilot yr of our program.
