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Tech Sisters Tartu season opening

27 October 2018

On October 25th, Tech Sisters Tartu community opened its 2018/2019 season in Wisemedia office with the event "Programming - is it for me?".

Tech Sisters networking event at sTARTUp Hub

On the last day of February, Tech Sisters’ Tartu community gathered in a cozy environment at the sTARTUp Hub. This time, three amazing ladies shared their stories about entering the startup world.

Tech Sisters at Fortumo

26 January 2018

On January 25th, Tech Sisters Tartu fourth networking event and the first one in 2018 took place in Fortumo. This time we focused a bit more on programming, experiences and cooperation. In addition, our speakers also shared some tips&tricks.

Tech Sisters hosted by Spark Hub

22 November 2017

On November 21st, Tech Sisters’ Tartu third networking event took place in Spark Hub. We were glad to welcome around 50 participants (including many new ladies and one guy!) and for the first time in Tartu events, we held the panel discussion with four sparkling women!

Tech Sisters Beyond Borders #amsterdam

15 October 2017

September was a very important month for Tech Sisters, because we went beyond borders! We reached out to find a team of people in the Netherlands who are trying to reach similar goals of getting more women excited about technology and IT. Continue reading to find out how did it go for Riin Kont-Kontson, our Tech Sister.

Tech Sisters hosted by Playtech Estonia

10 October 2017

This autumn Tech Sisters was hosted by Playtech Estonia OÜ in Tartu, one of the biggest IT companies in Estonia. The main organizer from Tech Sisters’ side was Kristi Tammet, also an employee of Playtech.

Tech Sisters is the national winner of the European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2017

Tech Sisters is among the two winners of the national competition of the European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2017 and will be representing Estonia in the pan-European contest in the category of "Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit".

Tech Sisters Hosted by Helmes

16 February 2017

Our second networking event of the year, and our second panel discussion (ever!) took place at the beginning of February. This time we visited our good friends at Helmes to peek behind the curtain at their offices and take a deep dive into the work of analysts.

Linda Liukas children's book for programming

25 September 2016

Last September 13, the publishing house Hea Lugu, Telia and Tech Sisters presented the children's book "Tere, Ruby! Programmeerimisseiklused" ("Hello, Ruby! Programming adventures). Liukas is a computer programmer and children's book writer who got interested in creating websites at a very young age. This book is a playful and fantastic way to introduce young children into the world of computer programming.

Tech Role Models: The story of Ahti Heinla

25 September 2016

If you are versed in the IT world of Estonia, you've probably heard the name of Ahti Heinla. In case you have not, he is known for being a co-founder and Chief Technical Architect of Skype and Kazaa, he has also worked at another number of startups. Today he is the CEO and CTO of Starship, a company developing small self-driving robotic delivery vehicles.What you probably haven't heard is how Ahti got started into programming, but most importantly, who inspired him to do so. Ahti has shared this precious story with us at Tech Sisters, and you won't be surprised to know why we were so excited to read it and share it with you. Wait no more and read it in his own words:

Tech Sisters at Big Bank 11 November 2015

Tech Sisters new season has kicked off! 11 September 2015

Tech Sisters’ Full House - HTML & CSS Workshop for women 17 June 2015

Garage48 Pärnu Women Special 2014 event through the eyes of Tech Sisters 30 October 2014

Which online coding bootcamp is best for you? 18 September 2014

Tech Sisters Networking event - The season kicked off! 16 September 2014

10th of September - Season’s First Networking Event 03 September 2014

TSoW: Garage48 mentor and Tech Sisters’ volunteer Elise Sass 03 September 2014

Tech Sisters is happy to announce: Garage48 Pärnu 2014 Women Special is happening again! 27 August 2014

Tech Sisters networking event at ICT Week 01 May 2014

Tech Sisters Networking Event in Estonian IT College 25 April 2014

TSW #16: Aet Toose 24 March 2014

TSW #15: Kei Karlson 02 March 2014

Networking event at Toggl 25 February 2014

TSW #14: Mari-Liis Lind 12 February 2014

Digigirls Estonia: getting schoolgirls excited about tech 18 November 2013

Notes from the second Tech Sisters Preparation event for Garage48 09 October 2013

Tips for Garage48 on 1st of October at Garage48 Hub 23 September 2013

Notes from the Tech Sisters Preparation event for Garage48 19 September 2013

Tech Sisters Prep for Garage48 12 September 2013

TSW #13: Diana Poudel 09 September 2013

TSW #12: Ülane Vilumets 02 September 2013

TSW #11: Maarika Susi 26 August 2013

Beginning of the new tech season 19 August 2013

Notes from the 8th Tech Sisters’ networking event 24 May 2013

Networking evening vol 8 19 May 2013

TSW #10: Kristi Kuustik 06 May 2013

Notes from the 7th Tech Sisters’ networking event 22 April 2013

TSW #9: Miina Sikk 18 April 2013

Notes from the 6th Tech Sisters’ networking event 29 March 2013

Tech Sisters featured The Startup Kids 27 March 2013

Networking evening vol 6 21 March 2013

TSW #8 - Kristina Narusk 19 March 2013

Tech Sisters features The Startup Kids 18 March 2013

TSW #7 - Ave Lauringson 26 February 2013

Notes from the 5th Tech Sisters’ networking event 21 February 2013

Networking evening vol 5 16 February 2013

TSW #6 - Liina Martõnjak 05 February 2013

Notes from the 4th Tech Sisters’ networking event 26 January 2013

Networking evening vol 4 21 January 2013

Tech Sisters sharing start-up experiences 13 December 2012

TSW #5 - Kaja Trees 03 December 2012

Quick recap of the sumo robot programming workshop 26 November 2012

We met Mozilla’s Diane Bisgeier 21 November 2012

TSW #4 - Birgy Lorenz 17 November 2012

Networking evening vol. 2 15 November 2012

Sumorobot workshop for girls 05 November 2012

Rails Girls Follow-Up 31 October 2012

TSW #3 - Kristel Meikas 30 October 2012

From string theory inspired fashion design to fast growing startup management 18 October 2012

TSW #2 - Merje Viil 15 October 2012

Tech Sisters first ever Networking event! 10 October 2012

Consolating tips for women who missted the Rails Girls 16 September 2012

After Rails Girls 15 September 2012

TSW #1 Carolyn Fisher 05 September 2012

“In The World Of Tech, Women Can Have It All” 03 September 2012

Some personal thoughts about the necessity of Tech Sisters 23 August 2012

We inspire, educate and encourage women and girls in IT. 22 August 2012