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Why I organise Rails Girls

Why I organise Rails Girls

A short presentation on why I organize Rails Girls and why not having more women in programming is a problem.

Elisha Tan

January 27, 2015
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  1. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

    Nah not really, it’s like 2010 in Singapore.
  2. Margaret Hamilton - prevented an abort of the Apollo 11

    moon landing - coined the term “Software Engineering” Grace Hooper - invented the first compiler - coined the term “debugging”
  3. Fermi estimation • 1% of all programmers contribute to open

    source (Total gems: 95271) • Programmers are mostly men • Half the population are men If more women pick up programming, we’ll have twice as much contribution?!
  4. • Help out at Rails Girls as coaches • Organise

    more events • Tell a friend about Rails Girls (next one this Sat!) • No subtle sexism • Don’t be an asshole