Mentorship program
Riga TechGirls mentorship program “TechMentor” gathers professionals in the field of IT and tech with the goal of providing support to women developing their talents, taking their first steps in the IT field or advancing their career further in this field.
MENTEE
Want to become
a mentee?
Are you looking for an experienced IT professional who will help you plot your career path, help with the development of your skills and assist whenever you need valuable advice from a person who is truly interested in your success? Having a mentor can give you an edge that differentiates you from others.
Program provides:
- support from a local or an international mentor
- opportunity to network and form working groups with other participants of the program
- environment where tp grow, advance and broaden your skills and knowledge
Selection criteria:
- The program is available to any woman
- Motivation and goals
- The assessment will be carried out by a special working group together with mentors
Timeline:
- Sign-up until 12/11/2021
- Selection and introductions to mentors until 15/12/2021
- Start of the program - 06/01/2022
- End of the program - 30/06/2022
We'll contact you regarding the results until 15/12/2021.
Find the mentor you trust and apply
for the Riga TechGirls mentorship program till the 12th of November, 2021!
Tech Track description
Participants who are beginners will be attending lessons in the chosen area 1x / month.
You should choose one track.
Front-end development
Goal of this track is to create a small frontend webpage available online, ready to be put on your portfolio to show future employer!
Back-end development
In the back-end track we will look at the basic elements of back-end development. We will learn: - what does back-end development mean?
UX/UI
During this course you will explore all the stages of the UI/UX design process: from research, experience mapping, prototyping, UI design, Mobile UI design principles to working hand's on your design challenge in Figma tool and look into design thinking/facilitation.
QA/testing
This course will give you a broad overview on Testing and Quality Assurance field.
Engineering
The vertical will aim to delve into the details of different engineering fields and how computing can be applied within them.
IT support/DevOps
This course is meant to cover everything around IT operations and support. The aim is to describe what operations and support is, how it helps the organisation and its customers.
Project management
The books tell us that IT project management is about planning, organizing, leading and controlling IT projects.
Product management
It’s owning a product in its entirety and maximising the value it creates. Product owners supervise the product backlog and ensure it is up-to-date in terms of priorities and matches the product’s vision.
Cyber security
A cyber security analyst is primarily responsible for protecting a company’s network and systems from cyber-attacks.
Data analytics/data science
Data analytics is the future of everything, because it is everywhere. Companies and individuals use data to increase productivity, optimize processes, make decisions, predict trends, recommend products and much more.
Business analytics
It’s a set of tasks, knowledge, and techniques required to identify business needs and provide solutions to issues in enterprises.
Startups/ Entrepreneurship
Startups are young companies, rooted in tech and innovation, founded to develop and bring to market a unique product or service and validate a scalable business model.
Step up your game description
A track for mentees with experience in IT
Who?
Ladies with experience that want to “step up their game” in the IT field: boost their skillset, while knowing the basics already: likely finished our previous tracks, have done some work in the IT field or professionals that want to move to the IT field from a non-IT related position.
What?
Advanced mentorship track with the focus on more in-depth topics concerning everyday practices - things that can enhance existing skills and tune up daily work processes presented in an “hands on” manner. Participant engagement is expected.
Topics covered may be relevant to non-IT field participants, but are especially valuable for those working closely with tech / software products.
Track lead - Lota Plezere
Mentors
The IT area is broad; our mentors are experts from different tech areas and cover a wide range of roles - product development, project management, development, testing, UX, IT admin and others
Our Team
Our team behind the mentorship program