Rails_Girls_and_women.pdf

About women and technology and doing stuff

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1. Finland, land of education, engineering, talent and values - openness and sharing. Internet is built here, by who?
2. do it yourself hands on building not reblogging code is literacy seeing things happen understanding the web no more jargon get exited
3. 70+ workshops, 6000 applicants, every continent
4. coding is not lonely Rails Girls is a fun and inviting, sometimes silly environment girl power is not diminishing boys are allowed too community strenghtens with diversity we have balloons and friday hugs
5. entrepreneurs, role models, women no more good girl syndrome Dr. Rachel Armstrong Dr. Rachel Armstrong, scientist, neurologist Marissa Meyer, CEO, Yahoo @joanwolk, our coach who taught herself to program in 1 yr Terese Alstin, founder of the Invisible Helmet Hovding
6. innostus l'hte lapsist mehackit Teach our kids to get excited and inspired about technology mehackit.org