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Panthers Coding Team

What

Virtual coaching from industry leading professionals in preparation for our national web development coding competitions. No previous experience required.

  • A chance to win your share of $8,750 in scholarships from the 2021 BDPA virtual conference High School Coding Competition
  • 14 hands on 2.5 hours of digital lessons from industry leading professionals
  • 1 Team jersey
  • 1 Year membership in BDPA Memphis
  • 1 National Conference Ticket with BDPA High School Coding Competition entry

When

  • Competition Date: August 12th - 14th
  • Sessions: April 10th - August 7th (Every Saturday except last Saturday of the month)
  • Sessions Schedule: 12PM - 2:30PM
  • Last Saturdays of the Month:4/24, 5/29, 6/26 and 7/26

Where

Digitally on Zoom provided by BDPA Memphis

Why

BDPA Memphis presents the Panthers Coding Team. BDPA is a volunteer organization of passionate technologists who want to build a better future. We believe that our coding team gives the next generation of black technologists an opportunity to get started earlier. We are providing professional instruction, competition coaching and real world development experience. Why we built this program is simple; we wish this existed for everyone and we have the talent to do it for our community.

Who

POSITIONS:

Team Coach: Bryce Sharp
Curriculum Creators: Bryce Sharp, Autumn Ragland
Recruiter: Kareem DaSiliva

PEOPLE:

Bryce Sharp - Software Engineer at Ookla
Autumn Ragland - Frontend Engineer at Quadpay, Previously Instructor at Code Crew
Kareem DaSiliva - President of BDPA Memphis