Naomi Freeman

Dublin, Ireland

Canadian newly landed in Ireland.

I have a full working permit, with no restrictions on hours or industry!

This year I'm proud that I:

> launched my course "Build a Rails API" as a Guest Instructor with Treehouse:

https://twitter.com/Naomi_Freeman/status/572743465760653313

> spoke at Distill in San Francisco on civic hacking

> co-organized the highly successful #hackbikeshareTO hackathon

(I also judged, taught git(hub) and mentored)

> Coached at Rails Girls D.C. & also did a lightning talk on contributing tech skills in social impact projects

> wrote Yeoman's Contributors' Code of Conduct

> was a volunteer lead dev for the Toronto Community Housing open data projects. The prototype was presented at Go Open Data Day, a government-focused conference

> led a bunch of Hour of Code sessions for students, teachers and others interested in code, in-person and online

> was interviewed and featured in blogs by Air Pair and CodeMentor.IO as an expert mentor

> was interviewed and featured by Shameless Magazine in their On the Job column

> won a sponsor prize with my team at PayPal's Battle Hack Toronto

> was 1 of 25 teams chosen from across Canada to work on-site for the inaugural Canadian Open Data Experience hackathon, hosted by the Federal Government and in OneEleven

> previously held the job as the lead dev at the Centre for Social Innovation

> consulted on foundational work for Code for Canada

Connect with me:
[email protected]

or any of the social networks below :)