Ain Loves Code

01/01/2025

the real lessons between the hehe haha moments this year 🩷

“new year new me” but current me had to go through A LOT to get here and no one should feel “ashamed” for not growing enough or not hitting enough milestones

keep reflecting on any lessons and growth you had, and plan actionable tasks TOGETHER with your goals. YOU GOT THIS!

02/12/2024

30/11/2024

This Barbie received her very first award as a women in tech! 😭 But six months ago, she was also a click away from scraping her self-nomination.

Going into university, I had a very firm goal of graduating with a job offer. In doing so, I was attending career fairs and community networking events to expand my network.

One consequence no one really talks about is knowing many people who achieved great things and feeling like you don’t compare to them. I felt like I was underperforming when my biggest “disadvantage” was my age.

I didn’t found a successful start-up, or become a CEO or Tech Lead. I have never given a keynote or became a panel speaker for a big event. By my admission, I merely “yap a lot on social media about coding and tech.

When I did receive the email from Singapore’s Tech Talent Assembly for winning one of their first Strive, Overcome, Adapt, Resilience (SOAR) awards, I chickened out and only properly processed the email hours later.

It’s been a week since I received the award in person, and I still feel like it was a milestone I had yet to achieve. The Awards dinner was full of only encouragement, celebration and pride for one another’s achievements. I even met the other two Muslim women in tech Atiqah Abdul Khalim and Rakeeza Sheren receiving their Tech Talent of the Year awards, and I look forward to meeting them in the near future.

Thank you to Satria Sadon, MSc for vouching for me, and Tech Talent Assembly for awarding the SOAR awards to me, Elise Tan Yee Ling, Charlene H. and Tu Xiaomin. I couldn’t be here without taking on the opportunities to give back with Malay Muslims iN Tech and Yayasan MENDAKI.

If you are a minority woman in tech who dreams of landing a scholarship, job with a dream company or award, just apply! At “worst”, you will be considered and get practice on pitching your achievements.

20/11/2024

Wicked might be the PRETTIEST and INSANELY TECHIE real-life movie I’ve ever seen?? 😭 My techie heart ADORESSSS the gorgeous set designs and VFX!

While everyone else was at Mandarin Orchard for the pop-up and super-cute merch, I was even MORE excited to see how used tech to bring the movie to life. And the VFX did NOT disappoint!!!

Tell me why I can see the INDIVIDUAL HAIRS of the digital characters, the vibrant but not eye-aching colours, the shiny things that shine — EVERYTHINGGG VISUAL??? The visuals made the magic and the songs even more powerful, and they balance the VFX so so well with the real-life beauty of the cast and the intimate/close-up delivery of the characters’ expressions and songs.

I’m just a regular degular musical fan but the Wicked movie really blew my mind with the insane visuals and how tech can amplify the magic of movies. Still can’t believe I won the giveaway from ! 😭😭😭

14/10/2024

A year ago, I dreamed of going to ’s Woman of the Year Awards. This year, I made it just in time to be humbled, inspired and invigorated!

I spent all night catching up with the Her World Mentorship mentees, and many MANY familiar faces. Beyond attending an event dedicated at celebrating women’s achievements and the Singaporean Woman, it was seeing how women from all ages and backgrounds come together to celebrate the amazing women we’ve become and in our lives.

I was telling how this time last year, my mental health was at my lowest. It’s wild how now I realised the years of effort on Ain Loves Code helped me land a job AND unlocked so many more opportunities.

Thank you to for giving us mentees the opportunity to connect with some of the most inspiring women in Singapore, and making it possible for us to see our future selves 🩷

22/09/2024

Another day, another tech hackathon at the Google Singapore office 👀 Can't wait for the new and improved pitches on 15 October!

Together with some of the tribe, I volunteered for the International Conferences of Communities of Success, organized by .sg .

Students and professionals aged 17 through 25 pitched tech solutions to real-world problems. The top three teams will present their ideas at the ICCOS 2024 Pitch Day and World Cafe on 15 October!

It was super cool to share tips and feedback on some pitches as a tech "subject matter experts" and minority software engineer! The networking is always the biggest gem for me 🩷

Hackathon tip: Understand the problem you are solving, the demographics of the problem-havers, and make sure your solution directly addresses the problem. Using AI and building an app is just one way of solving the problem!

27/06/2024

finally a new batch of profesh photos that I can use for the next 2-3 years 🤭 shoutout to the for the photoshoot!

29/04/2024

look around, look around~ 🤪 (swipe till the end for my practically unrestricted seat in Grand Circle E5!)

🎵 Hamilton’s OST was my background music for almost EVERYTHING during uni - studying, commuting and even staying up watching animatics!

🎭 Still the most iconic musical I know since Heathers, and I LOVEEEE the topics and the variety of music from the pacing to the genres. Every cast memberwas insanely ralented, brought amazing vibes and stood out on their own even if you compare with the original cast.

💸 Total damage: $134! My ticket was $104 during the Klook pre-sale and I got a couple badges and pins for $30. Totally worth it — waited YEARSSS for it to come to Singapore since my Hamilton animatic era in 2018.

(Disclaimer: This is totally unsponsored 🤣 I skipped out the Gala for another cool event coming soon hehehe.)

09/03/2024

This International Women’s Day 👧💁‍♀️, I want to help more girls and women find their voices to speak up and show up!

Unsurprisingly many women take IWD as an additional burden to educate their allies and critics on womanhood. 🏋️‍♀️ Some like it, some don’t.

As a minority woman in tech, I believe that we had a strong start thanks to the women who came before us, but we can do better and bigger.

Comment one lesson you learned from a woman in your life, and tag a fellow woman!