Although 2023 is predicted to be another challenging year for tech leaders, we’d like to share some myth-busting tips to give you a roadmap for growing and retaining Aotearoa's future tech workforce together.

Here’s Ryan Bircham's story, he’s a Software Engineer at Whip Around and a Alumni turned Volunteer at Summer of Tech.

Momentum Recruitment, ran a bootcamp on what's next and maximising your new experiences after summer for the 2022 cohort.

These prices fairly reflect our value and are highly competitive compared with other options for hiring tech interns and graduates in Aotearoa. We will save you time, connect you with talented candidates, and streamline your recruitment process.

BNZ shares their approach to supporting and embracing colleague wellbeing. Discover how Matt Oldfield and Catherine Harrison support employees with invisible disabilities.

Summer of Tech has impacted 2,438 talented individuals embarking on tech careers in 2022. 2,225 students and graduates attended 84 free events and facilitated 372 career coaching sessions. Discover more insights into our 2022 programme.

We met with Khushi Chauhan, a Senior Product Lead at Kiwi Bank and Summer of Tech alumni and volunteer. She shared the no.1 thing that she learned from her internship at ANZ as a developer in 2018, her career journey and advice for students entering the workforce.

We met with Sriram Jayaraman, who was keen to share his 2021 summer internship experience. He told us why he chose ZX Security and what he learned during the 2021 programme.

Our incredible partner, Momentum Recruitment, ran a bootcamp on how to make the most out of your first job in tech. Their talented technology recruiters, Bruce Batters, Chelsea Wallace and Lee-Anne Thomson shared their insights and discussed strategies for acing an internship or graduate placement.

In 2022, we are so grateful for the support of our partners in delivering 27 insightful and practical training sessions to over 622 attendees across Aotearoa, held in person and virtually. Read on to learn more about what was covered!

Kristine Brooks landed a UX/UI internship at Snapper last summer, and we met with her to find out how it was going in late 2021. She talked about the benefits of being in a group of interns and gave her take on the Summer of Tech programme.

Earlier this year, Aura Information Security hosted a ‘Security 101’ bootcamp presented by their Security team: Phil Dobson, Alastair Miller, Lachlan Davidson, and Joanna Mañez. The team educated students on the responsibilities, career possibilities and perks of a career in security.

How do we actually process and analyse the feedback that’s given to us so we can effectively learn from it? In this bootcamp, Marcus and Jemimah from Pushpay delved into the importance of knowing how to give and receive feedback and offered some tips and tricks on how to do so.

This bootcamp was hosted by the amazing team at ANZ: Grace Taikato, Chris Pidgeon, Rogan Frazer, Heather Firth and Lauren Halka. The panel delved into commonly asked questions about entering the tech industry.

We met with Miten Chauhan, an Intermediate Software Developer and Sales Engineer from SaferMe who also happens to be Summer of Tech alumni from 2016 and 2017. He shared how he’s grown in the tech industry, what he learnt from being a mentor, what his mentees taught him and gave advice on entering the field.