Hi GWiCS!

A few things to broadcast:

* Save the Date! Our Women in Dev Panel is happening Tues Nov 17th at 6:30pm! The topic this year is "How to be Career Ready". You'll get the chance to meet with developers from Square, Shopify, Mozilla, D2L and more! This event is open to all GWiCS members - stay tuned for more details! * We just heard about this cool event from Google starting tomorrow, check it out:

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Looking for a fun place to practice your coding skills without any pressure or time constraints?

Join us for Coding Practice with Kick Starthttps://codingcompetitionsonair.withgoogle.com/events/kickstart! Work your way through algorithmic and mathematical problems during our week-long practice session from October 28 - November 4. This practice session is not an official Kick Start round, but a great way for you to try something new, brush up on your coding skills, learn about the Kick Start platform, prepare for an interview, and most importantly have fun!

Register todayhttps://codingcompetitionsonair.withgoogle.com/events/kickstart and mark your calendar for 4:30 pm PT on Wednesday, October 28 for a livestreamhttps://codingcompetitionsonair.withgoogle.com/events/kickstart?talk=session1 to kick-off Coding Practice with Kick Start before you dive into the problems on the platform. At the close of the week-long practices session, tune in again to hear from Google engineers who will walk through solutions for the problems you tackled and answer common questions.

Before Coding Practice with Kick Start begins, we recommend watching our Kick Start Tutorial Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMHY4UouGCk&list=PLllx_3tLoo4csmLveWHpjcRTXVMCcvvmc&index=9&t=0s. It provides tips on how to participate and solve a problem on the platform.

Sign uphttps://codingcompetitionsonair.withgoogle.com/events/kickstart here!https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/kickstart/register

Questions before the event? Reach out to kickstart@google.commailto:kickstart@google.com.

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Thanks everyone!

Maddie & Mary GWiCS Leaders

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