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Natalia Stanko

Hello world!

I have been active in the tech community since 2009, running hackathons, workshops, and meetups since 2013 - with a focus on supporting underrepresented groups in tech, speaking about technical topics and the human side of the industry.

Otherwise you will find me travelling and skating.

Testimonials

Organizer @ Conference

Sep 2019 - Dec 2021 at PyCode Conference

Gdańsk, PL

Natalia can unite every community and organize stunning events. In the PyCode Conference team she is the engine of our organization, she also supports other collaborators both substantively and mentally.
She is a talented IT person: as DevOPS, Front end & Back end developer, knowing multiple programming languagesI highly recommend working with her.

A. Skamruk

Mentor @ Mentoring program

Dec 2018 - Apr 2019 at Tech Leaders

online

I met Natalia in "IT Leaders" program, where she was my mentor. First thing we did together was sketching the plan for my career path in IT industry and then we started executing it. Natalia helped me improve my programming skills and broaden my technical knowledge, moreover she provided significant mental support through all hard moments and helped me gain self-confidence. Nowadays I am working as a Web Developer and Natalia is huge part of that success.

Z. Lorys

Organizer, Software engineer @ Mentoring program

Jan 2016 - Oct 2018 at Tech Leaders

Remote

I had pleasure to work with Natalia during first three editions of Tech Leaders mentoring programme dedicated for people that want to develop theirs careers paths in IT. Natalia was valuable team member, she was responsible for creating an internet platform for the program and maintaining the system for more than three years. Natalia is a hard worker and have a great technical skills that made her one of the best in her field. She is a quick learner with outstanding communication skills. She was doing an outstanding quality of work with limited time.

E. Wołoszyn

Mentor @ Mentoring program

Nov 2014 - Feb 2015 at Learn IT, Girl

Online

I've met Natalia when I was a tech newbie, and the IT world was extremely overwhelming. She explained to me how this world works, where to start, and how to prioritize my work. That was something I really needed. Hard work and conscientiousness made Natalia a great specialist. But her openness, empathy, and patience help her to be an effective mentor. At last, I got my first job in IT as C++ programmer and I strongly believe that Natalia was a great part of that success.

K. Lizak

Mentor @ Workshop group

Sep 2013 - Nov 2014 at Webmuses

Kraków, PL

Natalia mentored me when I was taking my first steps in the programming world. I also know her as Women in Technology event organizer. She was one of the people that inspired me to go after a career in IT. Natalia has excellent communication and organizational skills. She's a skilled programmer, a great motivator and a wonderful teacher all in one person.

A. Borzemska

Mentor @ Mentoring group

Sep 2013 - Nov 2014 at Women in Technology

Kraków, PL

I was a member of Women in Technology coding group mentored by Natalia. Throughout the year, Natalia prepared our work schedule and resources, organised venues for our coding sessions and mentored our projects. For me, the project was a web app using Ruby on Rails. Thanks to Natalia and her continuous excellent feedback, I started off with very little knowledge of Rails and ended up building a functional web app deployed on Heroku. In my experience, Natalia has been a wonderful teacher and mentor. Additionally, I attended several events linked to Women in Technology and Google for Enterpreneurs, which Natalia organized, co-organized or otherwise facilitated.

A. Samonek

Software engineer @ Remote work

Jul 2012 - Aug 2013 at exhibit-E

New York, USA

Natalia has been a valued and trusted member of our software development team for several years.  We quickly realized that Natalia's projects were consistently successful – well written, thoroughly tested code that was delivered on time, every time. As team lead, Natalia would handle our high priority projects with minimal oversight, and we could all rest easy knowing they were in good hands.  She is sorely missed, but we wish her the best with her future endeavors!

M. Williamson