Tech Beyond Borders

In December 2015 I left Paris to travel in Asia and meet tech & dev communities there. The project Tech Beyond Borders was born!
Before I left, I was curious about what it is like being a developer in Nepal, Malaysia or Myanmar in comparison to France. Do they work on the same challenges and with the same technologies as we do? How many women work in tech? What about the startup scene and innovation?

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1. T E C H B E Y O N D B O R D E R S L U D W I N E P R O B S T - @ N I V D U L Alterconf Paris July 9th, 2016
2. M E Data Engineer at co-founder @LadiesCodeParis http://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/Ladies-of-Code-Paris/
3. « Being a developer? Never stop learning »
4. T E C H B E Y O N D B O R D E R S 3 months backpacking in Southeast Asia 6 countries to meet Tech & dev communities http://techbeyondborders.com/en/
5. What is being a developer in Nepal or Malaysia like? Do they work on the same challenges? How many women work in Tech? What sort of startups are there ? ? ? ? ? Which technologies? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? dev communities? ? ?
6. N E PA L http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/nepal/
7. B E I N G A D E V E L O P E R I N N E PA L To read: Saroj Maharjan « I chose computer science simply because geeks rule the world » http://ictframe.com/ http://techlekh.com/ media https://www.cloudfactory.com/ tech contributors http://www.leapfrog.academy/ electricity issues!
8. C O D E N A M E « D N » Hour of Code Nepal Yantra « art, tech and science » https://www.facebook.com/YantraArtTechScience/?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/hourofcodenepal/?fref=ts Startup Weekend Kathmandu https://www.facebook.com/StartupWeekendNepal/?fref=ts Ruby meetup https://medium.com/@prashishh/developers-nepal-unifying-developer-communities-in-nepal-82f9a9f1075d#.qo2u8nbp7 workshop
9. M E N & F E M I N I S M Girls in Technology https://www.facebook.com/girlsintechnology Women in STEM Women Leader in Technology https://www.facebook.com/Women-Leaders-in-Technology-757822094309482/ https://www.facebook.com/wistemnepal.org/?pnref=story To read: Nhasala Joshi « Technology is becoming a new medium for arts » Binita Shrestha « Engineering is about having a skill set to build anything » Rojina co-founder of GiT and a node.js developer in Kathmandu 5-10%
10. M A L AY S I A http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/malaysia/
11. B E I N G A D E V E L O P E R I N M A L AY S I A 10-15% To read: What about being a software developer in Malaysia? Jellene, a developer “Building Digital Skyscrapers” in Malaysia Women Who Code co-founder, Kuala Lumpur
12. C A M B O D I A http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/cambodia/
13. B E I N G A D E V E L O P E R I N C A M B O D I A https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/#!/ open data media 15-20% http://geeksincambodia.com/
14. tuk-tuk
15. S TA R T U P & I N N O VAT I O N the « Uber » for tuk-tuk https://www.facebook.com/startupweekendcambodia/?fref=ts
16. V O L U N T E E R I N G I N T E C H http://techbeyondborders.com/en/volunteering-programming-cambodia/ Cambodia Vietnam Philippines
17. S I N G A P O R E http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/singapore/
18. D I G I TA L N O M A D working here? or here??!
19. I N D O N E S I A http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/indonesia/
20. N I K I , A N I N D O N E S I A N E N T R E P R E N E U R http://goersapp.com/ Niki and the developers team
21. T H A N K S ! Q U E S T I O N S ?
22. www.techbeyondborders.com Tech content http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/tech-beyond-borders/ Photos http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/ facebook page Tech beyond borders https://www.facebook.com/techbeyondborders/ @nivdul Blog
23. W O M E N I N T E C H - A S I A
24. M YA N M A R