Before heading out for the weekend, we chat with industry leaders for a glimpse of their lives outside of the office–and what got them where they are today. After the media company Adda Birnir worked ...

Skillcrush is trying to democratize the world of programing by helping women (and a few men) learn HTML, CSS, and Ruby on Rails–and showing them just how creative coding can be. This piece is part of ...

When Adda Birnir was laid off from her job at a high-profile media company in 2009, she noticed that most of the people in the technology department were spared, which got her thinking about the value ...

Adda Birnir is the CEO of Skillcrush, an internactive, online learning community that aims to "demystify" the work of technology. She is 30 years old. Tell us about a moment when you felt like an ...

Originally published by Whitney Johnson on LinkedIn: Feeling Stuck In Your Career? Consider Learning To Code–Especially If You're A Woman Adda Birnir is the founder and CEO of Skillcrush, an online ...

Underwear company Dear Kate is known for using nontraditional models to give real women confidence boosts: previous lookbooks have included athletes, dancers and bloggers. But their newest campaign, ...