We are a close-knit community of Black and Latinx students in Tech, elevating each other as we start our careers within the tech industry.
We help each other out with problems/questions, share positive feedback, support one another’s concerns over campus academic challenges, and network through both offline and online initiatives.
Within our Slack, you will find:
Career advice from peers and upperclassmen
Community moderators who make sure the Code of Conduct is being enforced
Opportunities (jobs, scholarships, events, etc)
Member highlights
Mentorship
Community-wide updates from ColorStack
Specific channels that cater to you
And much, much more!
This is very important for removing clutter in channels and creating a tolerable experience.
If you are responding to a message, remember that each new message will trigger a notification in the channel. With a community of over 500 students, this can become annoying very quickly.
Instead, hover over the message to the “start a thread” icon. This will begin a thread under the message you are replying to for further discussion. Only folks that are on the thread already will receive any additional notifications, instead of the entire channel. If you don’t remember anything from these guidelines, remember this!
💡 No thread ❌
💡 Thread ✅
These community guidelines are adapted from Techqueria and Rands Leadership Slack.
Slack channels help you design the experience you want to have in the ColorStack community. You are in no way obligated to interact with everyone in our family. We highly recommend that you find the small groups of students that you identify with and build deep relationships there. This can be identity-based like gender and ethnicity, or interest-based like cooking and reading.
Default Channels
Upon joining the community, you will be invited to #academic-coding-help, #academic-homework-help, #career-interview-prep, #career-questions, #career-resume-review, #career-secured-the-bag, #community-bookworms, #community-events, #community-memes, #community-new-channels, #community-news, #community-productivity, #community-shameless-plug, #introductions, #onboarding, #opportunities, and #random
Other Channels
ColorStack is a large community with over 3000 humans populating over three dozen channels. Different channels have organically developed different personalities. We suggest that before posting in a channel that you take the time read the room. Specifically:
Read the last couple days of messages.
Examine the channel topic for helpful tips.
Click on the channel details and read the about section, get a sense of how many members are present, what messages have already been pinned, and what files have been shared.
💡 Note: All of our sub-communities are created by our very own members. If you're looking to create one of your own, feel free to drop a suggestion in #new-channels so that can create it for you!
#community-accountability-partners For finding a partner to help in holding you accountable for your work.
#community-anime-and-manga For fans of anime and manga! Share what you're reading or watching!
#community-bookworms If you like books come through!
#community-events See what events are going on and plan meetups!
#community-food A space to share recipes, recommendations, and foodie pics!! For anyone who enjoys food, cooking, or tea/coffee!
#community-gaming Xbox... PS4… PC... all are welcome
#community-kpop-and-kdrama All things Kpop and Kdrama!
#community-memes To generate laughter and love.
#community-music Created to share and put people on to different genres of music as well as keep everyone updated on the new album drops as well as singles.
#community-news Share any major news articles across different categories.
#community-personal-finance For discussion and advice around ways to make your money work for you.
#community-productivity Time management, prioritization, + all other things getting stuff done.
#community-scholarships Find the scholarships that can help get you through!
#community-shameless-plug For you to freely promote anything you’d like to.
#community-tv-and-film The purpose of this channel is to suggest and talk about your favorite series/movies! Everyone always needs something new to watch!
#community-women A space for the amazing women in our family
#academic-coding-help Get help learning how to code!
#academic-homework-help What can't you wrap your head around? We'll help!
#career-cybersecurity The purpose of this channel is connecting people with the common interest of cybersecurity
#career-data-science A space for data enthusiasts and aspiring data scientists!
#career-design A space for data enthusiasts and aspiring data scientists!
#career-entrepreneurs For the future CEOs
#career-interview-prep A place for help with technical interviews and to allow students to share coding questions that they are struggling with or certain data structures/algorithims that can be hard to understand.
#career-masters-and-phd A channel for individuals currently pursuing degrees beyond undergrad and/or interested in the pursuit of such a degree!
#career-mock-interview For practicing mock interviews!
#career-product-management A place for learning and talking about product management.
#career-questions The place to go when you're trying to figure things out!
#career-resume-review Come get advice on how to improve your resume!
#career-secured-the-bag Let's celebrate your wins!
#city-nyc For ColorStackers in the Big Apple
#city-seattle For ColorStackers in Seattle
#city-sf For ColorStackers in San Francisco + the Bay Area
#city-la For ColorStackers in the LA area
#city-boston For ColorStackers in Boston
#company-apple
#company-figma
#company-meta
#company-jane-street For sharing resources and tips on interviewing at Jane Street
#accountability-group-0 Live accountability group where we make sure that everyone achieves their SMART goal!
#curls Focused on all things natural hair
#blockchain
#housing
#skincare