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tarides — 2022-09-12T12:13:25-00:00

The tech industry has long struggled with a lack of diversity. This existing imbalance combined with social and educational problems such as early gender bias still tends to prevent lots of people, including women, from entering the field. Girls Can Code aims to help young women learn programming and gain valuable experience working on projects alongside other like minded individuals.

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Tarides is proud to share that we sponsored a Girls Can Code summer camp! Between Aug 22nd and 27th, the camp offered participants a fully-packed week of programming, socialising, and learning.

What is Girls Can Code?

Girls Can Code is an initiative launched by the organisation Prologin, hosting summer camps specifically aimed at teaching young women about computer programming. No prior experience is required, and they accept participants from secondary school and up through the equivalent of A-Levels. Attendance is free, since the events are run by students who generously volunteer their time and expertise.

Camps come in two variants: long and short. The long camps last for a week and the short ones for a weekend. The short camps cover less content, but can be organised more frequently. They are always in the form of a practical introduction to computer science, but may focus on special topics. The week-long summer camps start with an introduction to Python and then continue with several tutorials on various topics. Finally, all participants have the chance to complete a personal project on either robotics, video games, or microcontrollers.

Impact

At Tarides, we’re committed to using our resources to foster diversity and inclusion. Our own goal is to have 50% of our tech roles be filled by women. For that to be a reality, not just at Tarides but everywhere, more women need to feel welcome in the tech space. Sadly, according to this Le Monde article, only 11% of French women chose to pursue IT careers in 2010. A more recent survey by Tech Nation showed that in the UK, only 26% of the tech workforce is made up by women. While this number is better, there’s still a lot of work to be done before women make up 50% of the workforce in tech.

Girls Can Code works proactively to inspire a generation of young French women and make a difference in the sector. They have been arranging summer camps since 2014 and have been growing steadily since. We’re proud to support their efforts for a more equitable future!

Tarides Sponsors Girls Can Code

tarides — 2022-09-06T00:00:00-00:00

Relaxing in today’s world can be difficult. Taking the time you need to cool off, refocus, and explore something new requires a solid amount of time in which you can disconnect from daily habits and find a new beat.

Introducing the Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship

janestreet — 2022-08-30T00:00:00-00:00

We are excited to announce the launch of the Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship!

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Clearly Failing

tarides — 2014-08-23T00:00:00-00:00

At Tarides we address this by providing the framework needed for our employees to take that unbroken time away from work. In August, all Tarides employees get two weeks of paid leave to go away and come back refreshed.

How it Began

We first trialled the two weeks of leave in 2021 to help alleviate the stress caused by the pandemic. Taking a solid two weeks off would allow everyone to slow down and enjoy the last of the summer months (or winter for our Australian colleagues!) without having to worry about losing pay or using up annual leave in the face of an uncertain global situation.

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The ML Workshop looks fantastic

janestreet — 2014-07-31T00:00:00-00:00

I’m a little biased, by being on the steering committee, but this year’s ML workshop looks really interesting. Here’s a link to the program:

Simple top-down development in OCaml

janestreet — 2014-07-18T00:00:00-00:00

Often when writing a new module, I want to write the interface first and save -the implementation for later. This lets me use the module as a black box, -extending the interface as needed to support the rest of the program. When -everything else is finished, I can fill in the implementation, knowing the full -interface I need to support. Of course sometimes the implementation needs to -push back on the interface – this pattern isn’t an absolute – but it’s certainly -a useful starting point. The trick is getting the program to compile at -intermediate stages when the implementation hasn’t been filled in.

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