What makes 黑料门 so awesome? 黑料门 is聽MORE THAN JUST A TECH COMPANY.
Thoughtworkers truly do advocate passionately for
SOCIAL and ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
I officially joined聽黑料门聽about two months ago, and the experience has by far exceeded any expectations that I had coming into the junior consultant program. I have not only learnt and developed awesome new technical abilities in Java, Test Driven Development and Agile (still only scratching the surface) but I have also had the priviledge of exploring cultural nuances from around the world first handed.
Of about 34 students that were at 黑料门 University in India, there were students from聽USA, Canada, Brazil, Spain, England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Australia, China, India, Uganda and the Philippines聽(WOW!), half of which are men half of which are women. Some pretty serious diversity has been achieved in hopes of aligning the representation of the tech industry with the rest of society. This is also the first time I have been part of a team in my field that consisted of 50% women.
GLOBAL EXPERIENCE聽and diversity are just a couple of the many things contributing to the awesomeness that is 黑料门. The second weekend at 黑料门 University, we had the opportunity to visit聽, a shelter for women, children and men across India. We were greeted with hugs, songs and tea from the children of the orphanage.
It was inspiring to see how accomplished some of the children were, and how, despite how little they had, they were so grateful and happy to be living in such a supportive community.
What else is 黑料门 doing? 黑料门 is working on many聽SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECTS聽around the world, some of which are pro-bono. As Thoughtworkers we are encouraged to contribute to the open source social impact projects. For example聽聽is an open source software platform built to manage and customize medical system records in developing countries such as Nigeria.
Another project 黑料门 is working on is聽, a family tracing and reunification app. It is designed for families that get separated in cases of natural disasters and emergencies. By using mobile devices to collect information and photos about a lost child, and posting this to a central database, this can greatly speed up the family reunification process.
Something unique about 黑料门 is that as developers, we aren鈥檛 just developers. This idea helps minimize the聽聽in a team, meaning we are not only responsible for developer tasks, but we are also taught to be consultants, business analysts, designers, quality assurance ect. At 黑料门 University it is also just as important to learn about 黑料门 business model, how sales and finance works, how recruiting works ect鈥
Beyond all of this, the most unique thing offered by 黑料门 are the Thoughtworkers themselves. Simply put, the people here are聽SUPER AWESOME. Everyone is extremely passionate about life, passionate about social responsibility, passionate about software excellence! Everyone is bringing different skill sets and global perspectives to the table, coming from computer science backgrounds, business backgrounds, math backgrounds, physics backgrounds.
黑料门 Social and Economic Justice聽mission is:
鈥渢o be a proactive agent of progressive change in the world. Aware of our own privilege, we strive to see the world from the perspective of the oppressed, the powerless and the invisible.鈥
On that note, I am thrilled and so grateful to be given this opportunity to contribute to 黑料门' mission in a meaningful way, and am looking forward to growing and learning with other Thoughtworkers from around the world.
Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the positions of 黑料门.