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
   

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2. M E
   Data Engineer at
   co-founder
   @LadiesCodeParis
   http://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/Ladies-of-Code-Paris/
   

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3. « Being a developer? Never stop learning »
   

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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/
   

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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
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   dev communities?
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6. N E PA L
   http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/nepal/
   

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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!
   

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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
   

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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%
   

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10. M A L AY S I A
    http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/malaysia/
    

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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
    

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12. C A M B O D I A
    http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/cambodia/
    

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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/
    

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14. tuk-tuk
    

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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
    

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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
    

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17. S I N G A P O R E
    http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/singapore/
    

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18. D I G I TA L N O M A D
    working here?
    or here??!
    

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19. I N D O N E S I A
    http://techbeyondborders.com/en/category/enjoy/indonesia/
    

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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
    

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21. T H A N K S ! Q U E S T I O N S ?
    

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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
    

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23. W O M E N I N T E C H - A S I A
    

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24. M YA N M A R
    

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