🫂Fam Friday

Hosted on the last Friday of every month, Fam Friday is ColorStack's series of monthly mini-conferences that target our pillars of: community building, academic support, and career development.

Benefits of Attending Fam Friday:

• ✅ Free Algoexpert License

• ✅ Leaders from top tech companies

• ✅ Lunch on ColorStack

• ❌ Cameras and microphones

• ❌ Need to be in front of the computer

• ❌ Need to stay entire event

To see previous Fam Friday themes and session playbacks, visit the table below.

Month	Theme	Playback Videos
December 2023	Home for the Holidays	Welcome Session Fireside Chat with Jehron and Rami Making a Difference Through Tech ColorStack Student Panel: Self Care
November 2023	Coming Together	Welcome Session Failure and Imposter Syndrome Building a Community at Work ColorStack Student Panel: How to Secure the Bag How to Break Into Tech
October 2023	Strategies for Success	Welcome Session Coding Workshop The Importance of Networking and Meaningful Connections Technical Interview Prep Resume Review Workshop
September 2023	Stand Together	Welcome Session Crash Course in AI How to Use School for a Successful Career in Tech How to Manage Your Time How to Ask for Work Support Building Community at Work
July 2023	Ready, Set, Recruited	Welcome Session Handling Imposter Syndrome and Failure How to Build a Successful Resume How to Succeed in Your Technical Interview ColorStack Student Panel: Prepping for Interview Season
June 2023	Stand Out	Welcome Session How to Manage Stress and Time Management Defining Your Personal Mission ColorStack Student Panel: Internship Check In Analyzing Recursive Time Complexities
May 2023	Do You	Welcome Session + Honoring the Class of 2023 How to Succeed in Your Internship ColorStack Student Panel: Life After Graduation Introduction to Web Hooks Values, Identity, and Self Awareness
April 2023	Take Care	Welcome to Fam Friday ColorStack Members Project Showcase The Power of Choice: Exploring Product Management How to Manage Stress and Self Care How to Handle Failure and Imposter Syndrome
March 2023	Telling HERstory	Welcome to Fam Friday Women on Wall Street: A Day in the Life of A Jane Street Software Engineer Fireside Chat with ColorStack's CEO and Head of Engineering ColorStack Student Panel: Celebrating Women in Tech Understanding Your Job Offer
February 2023	Celebrating Black History	Welcome to Fam Friday! Navigating the Tech Industry as a Black Engineer Reviewing Resumes with Ripple ColorStack Student Panel: How to Secure the Bag Self Advocacy: Dealing with Layoffs and Hiring Freezes
December 2022	Don't Overthink It	Welcome to Fam Friday! How to Build Your Personal Brand Setting Boundaries: How to Say No Career Coaching Closing Session
November 2022	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Welcome to Fam Friday! Finding Community in the Workplace Discovering Unique Roles Within Tech: UX Research Failing and Imposter Syndrome
October 2022	Strategies for Success	Welcome to Fam Friday! How to Choose a Job as a New Grad Find the Error: Debugging Strategies Build Your App: Design Driven Acing Technical Interviews
September 2022	Breaking Out of Your Shell	Welcome Session and Guide to Breaking into SWE: Resources on Where to Begin Speak Your Mind: Effectively Thinking Out Loud During the Technical Interview Weighing the Tradeoffs: Choosing Between Offers Seeking Mentorship: Finding Support Within Your Own Community
July 2022	Ready, Set, Recruited pt. 2	Welcome to Fam Friday Acing the Interview: On Your Best Behavior Take Your Pick: Career Paths for CS Majors Fam Friday Social Career Storytelling: Skillfully Crafting Your Resume Technical Interview Prep: Big O Notation Demystifying the Coding Assessment: CodeSignal Prep
June 2022	Ready, Set, Recruited	Welcome to Fam Friday Acing the Interview Pt. 1: Technical Interviews Level Up: A Real World Crash Course Fam Friday Social LinkedIn Masterclass Technical Interview Prep: Stacks & Queues How to Decide Between Different Offers
May 2022	Happy Anniversary ColorStack!	Celebrating Two Years! Fireside Chat: When Two Powerhouses Unite Breaking into Tech: Finding your Niche ‘Cus We Like to Party Maximizing Your Internship: Being Your Best Self Real Talk: What to Expect as a Young Professional
April 2022	Invest in Yourself and the World Around You	Welcome to Fam Friday! Conserve to Preserve: Fireside Chat with Ciara Imani May Technical Workshop: Mobile App Development (iOS) Startup vs. Big Tech: How Do They Differ? Imposter Syndrome: Slaying the Beast
March 2022	Nevertheless, She/We Persisted	Welcome! Fireside Chat with Tia Lee Fowlkes Is 'Don't Be Evil' Good Enough? Battle it Out Guide to Allyship: True Diversity is Intersectional How to Open Source Career Coaching 101
February 2022	Unapologetically Me: Past, Present, and Future	Welcome Family! Fireside Chat: Sherrell Dorsey and Khalia M. Braswell Technical Workshop: Data Structures and Algorithms Building a Brand: Black Founders Edition Finding a Balance: Productivity and Time Management Workshop
January 2022	Oh the Places You'll Go	Welcome I'm No Imposter: Belonging in Tech How to API with Datadog New Year, New Habits Salary Negotiation Workshop
November 2021	Gratitude, Advice & Everything Nice	Different Careers in Tech How To Fail Keynote Address: Living in Gratitude Mock Interviews 101 How to Communicate with Recruiters Stronger Together: Asking for Help & Paying it Forward
October 2021	Minds Lifting, Spirits Shifting	Self-Care As Self-Preservation Strike A Balance: Juggling Your Personal & Professional Lives Keynote Address: Conquering Imposter Syndrome True or False: Assessing a Company's Commitment to D&I Deal or No Deal: Understanding Your Job Offer How to Think Like a Programmer: Developing Persistence
September 2021	El Camino Por Delante	The Return: Navigating Campus Life During COVID Humble Brag 101: How to Talk About Yourself During the Interview Process Keynote Address: Inclusivity & Advocacy in Tech Tech Time: Demystifying Data Structures & Algorithms in the Technical Interview Tech Time: Careers at Munich Re Pass the Class: Fireside Chat
July 2021	Ready, Set, Recruited!	Ready Your Resume: Preparing for the Recruitment Season The World Is Yours: Careers in Tech Tech Time: Intro to Trees & Graphs Linked Up & LinkedIn: Building Your Presence, Brand & Network
June 2021	Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud	Keynote Address: Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud Maximizing Your Internship: Being Your Best Self Maximizing Your Internship: Becoming a Better Engineer Fin(na Be) Lit: Financial Planning for the Future