139:, graduating in 2013 with a 2.1. While searching for a job after her degree she wanted to build a website to showcase her writing, but she was on job seekers' allowance and could not afford to pay someone else to build it. She decided to teach herself. It was while building her own website that Odelola realised how much she enjoyed coding, prompting her to change her career and enrol on a coding boot camp.
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151:, Odelola realised that the word "diversity" was used frequently by tech companies. However, black women were missing from the conversation. In reaction, Odelola set up blackgirl.tech in 2014 as a space for black girls and women to explore and learn about technology. She said to
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