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College Coders Compete to Last Second at 2017 Global CodeCon Finals

Top college coders from around the world gathered on January 27th at Bloomberg’s offices in New York City and London for the Global CodeCon Finals. Competitors took their seats, hunched over their laptops and scanned the first of eight programming challenges that would test their coding skills, speed and strategic thinking. Over the next two [...]
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World Information Architecture Day 2017: Redesigning the User Experience

On World Information Architecture Day, a one-day annual celebration hosted by the Information Architecture Institute, IA practitioners came together at 58 locations in 24 countries to discuss the trends and technologies reshaping their industry. In keeping with this year’s theme of Information Strategy and Structure, much of the day was focused on rethinking how to [...]
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Conversations with Coders: How Diversity and Collaboration Fuel Engineering Innovation

“English isn’t my first language, and I’m a female too, which often puts me in the minority in this industry,” explains Gülru Üstündag, who was born in Ankara, Turkey. “But everyone at Bloomberg has an open mind about each other, and I work closely with people from both engineering and finance backgrounds.” At Bloomberg, she feels [...]
Senior Software Developer Stephanie Stattel, Birchbox co-founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp, Dia&Co. co-founder and CEO Nadia Boujarwah, Brit + Co co-founder and CEO Brit Morin & Bloomberg Markets' host Scarlet Fu photographed after Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg Speaker Series at Bloomberg Global Headquarters in New York on February 7, 2017. Photographer: Lori Hoffman/Bloomberg.
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Beating the Odds: 3 Female Tech Entrepreneurs Share Advice on Building Great Companies

It’s hard enough for anyone to launch a business. But female entrepreneurs in the technology industry face particularly daunting challenges. Whether it’s raising venture capital while pregnant in a male-dominated industry, hiring teams that reflect their company’s customer base or offering products and services that specifically target women, it’s a pretty steep climb for female [...]
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