Nishat
Anjum
Hi! My name is Nishat, but some parts of the internet may know me as Naila. I'm a software engineer, as well as a
Mansplaining to the Pope
MLH Hackcon VI North America
Diasporas, Data, D3.JS, Oh My!
EmpireJS 2018
Using Open Source to Solve an Identity Crisis
Diasporas, D3, Data: Oh My!
Google Developer Group NYC IWD Conference
Unicorns Are Actually Terrifying: Diversity for Diversity's Sake
AlterConf 2017 San Francisco
Projects
Day Day is an interactive mobile app which allows Korean pop culture fans to chat, purchase merchandise, and attend local meetups.
Git repo
Locus is an iOS app that will allow users to chronologize places they've travelled to.
Git Repo
Tech Events is an Alexa skill that allows you to search through meetup.com and find tech related events in your area.
Git Repo
An all female platform for programmers that provides actionable, specific, and kind code feedback as well as the option to connect female programmers with others in their area.
Website
Etc.
"How Did This Dress Get So Popular in a Pandemic?"
Vogue.com
Aug 2020 I was interviewed for a Vogue.com article about a Lirika Matoshi dress. I was then featured on Vogue's instagram account (on the same grid as Beyonce's Black is King *swoon*). While it isn't much, it still means a lot to represent Brown plus sized girls in spaces traditionally opposed to us.
Episode 3
Badass Coder Podcast
I got the chance to be on the "The Badass Coder" podcast!!! Tionna and I talked about: ⭐ Building support systems ⭐ Things I'm terrified of doing ⭐ Cardi B ⭐ #WiT who inspire me ⭐ Being a hijabi in tech.
Tech Talks
In 2018 I gave 4 conference talks! In 2017 I challenged myself to do my first conference talk (AlterConf!). It was a wonderful experience but for 2018 I wanted to do at least 1 technical talk, aka talk not only about my experience but also my code.
Conferences
Backpacking
In September of 2018 I backpacked solo across Iceland and 4 European Countries. In November of 2018 I backpacked across Japan 😀
Backpacking
Fall 2017 Internship
In fall 2017 I interned @Twitter on the distributions and routing team under platform engineering.
Engineering
CUNY Startups Accelerator
DayDay
Our startup pitch. After graduating from the accelerator we were awarded another investment.
DayDay
Organized a Women in Tech Conference
BWBT
As Vice President of the WiCS club on my campus, I helped put together the Bold Women Bold Tech conference in celebration of women's history month.
BWBT
National Semi-Finalist Microsft Imagine Cup 2017
WePlay
Our app [WePlay] became a National Semi-Finalist in the Microsft Imagine Cup 2017.
WePlay
CUNY Startups Accelerator
Accelerator
My startup was awarded a prototyping grant and we were accepted into the CUNY Startups Accelerator.
Accelerator
Tech Inclusion
Clarifai
I got featured on Clarifai's instagram for my thoughts on diversity and tech inclusion.
Clarifai
Femfeed: An empathy based code review site.
Technica
My team and I were featured in Technical.ly for our project at Technica.
Technica
