Women invading technology

I wish the fact is true. But it is not. Not yet...
Let's change that by promoting software engineering, computer science or other technology related professions as something suitable for both genders!

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1. WOMEN INVADING TECHNOLOGY Created by / Martina Simicic @pazinjanka
2. STATISTICS (...in this room first...)
4. MORE STATISTICS By The Numbers
5. WOMEN ARE LEADING ADOPTERS IN: Internet usage Mobile phone voice usage Mobile phone location services Text messaging, Skype Every social network but LinkedIn All Internet-enabled devices E-readers Health-care devices GPS Source
7. SO HOW COME...? Well paid Flexible - place and hours Dynamic Team work Collaborating with a customer High demand
8. DO WE NEED MORE WOMEN? yes! Diversity Innovation More professionals
9. SO WHY NOT? They don't even consider it They think it is not interesting They think they would not be good at it
10. HOW IS THE SITUATION IN THE REAL WORLD? Women are still less paid They are punished for salary negotiation Discrimination Extra reading: link 1, link 2
11. THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS... ... Aspirations in Computing Girls Who Code CodeEd Geek girl PyLadies Rails Girls Lean In
13. BEGINNERS TRACK 1. Fundamentals of Programming 2. GIT workshop 3. Basics of MVC, templating, CSS 4. Associations & Javascript 5. Testing
14. ADVANCED TRACK 1. Gems, REST, best practices 2. Concerns, helpers, decorators 3. Performance boosting 4. Polymorphic associations, STI 5. Hosting, private VPS, configuration, deployment
15. CODING KATAS 5 November, 2014 21 January, 2015 11 April, 2015 24 June, 2015
16. THANK YOU! GH: simicic @pazinjanka http://martinasimicic.com/ http://usecuriosity.com/