# Nevertheless, she coded: Joan Nabusoba

Happy International Women's Day!✨💖👯



#### My name is Joan, but since I was named after my grandmother, my nickname is nyanya which means grandmother.

## Where do you work?

I am a trainer on various Pwani Teknowgalz initiatives. I also work as a software dev on a couple of mobile app projects, through SuluhuTex

## What do you do?

I code

## Who or what inspired you to pursue the career you have today?

My awesome dad

##  What is your favourite music genre?

Kora, African blues, but I am always open to any

##  what is your secret talent that no one knows about?

I am good at video games.

##  My advice for allies to support underrepresented folks who code is...

Learn by doing and not just reading tutorials. 

##  How do you keep yourself up to date in your field?

I create projects a lot, join communities, follow techies who inspire me. Whoa, there's a lot to learn

##  How would you describe your job to a bunch of 5 year olds

I work with computers

##  What cool thing are you working on right now?

A service mobile app that will involve asset tracking

##  What was your first job?

I was a primary school teacher after form 4

##  What are the toughest challenges you've had at work?

I am constantly overwhelmed with loads of work, but I am finding workarounds :)

##  What upcoming technological innovation will dramatically impact the industry in the next five years?

I don't know. Things change within seconds. Just ready for anything

##  What skill do you think everyone should learn?

How to treat people well. Hehe, on a serious note, Python

##  Have you taken a huge leap of faith at work? Did it pay off?

I took a project that I had no idea of the best backend. I was using Java for Android. With a hell lot of time learning and doing, I managed

##  How can we follow you? 
- Insta: joannabusoba, 
- Fb: joannabusoba, 
- Twitter: joannabusoba