http://workshops.railsbridge.org/2010/03/workshops-continue-in-2010/ Free Ruby on Rails workshops for women and their friends Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:16:38 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://workshops.railsbridge.org/2010/03/workshops-continue-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Lena Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:57:02 +0000 http://sfrubyworkshops.com/?p=70#comment-8 Awesome. I have been waiting for another one of these. Looking forward to it Awesome. I have been waiting for another one of these. Looking forward to it

]]> http://workshops.railsbridge.org/2010/03/workshops-continue-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-6 one year of sf ruby | the evolving ultrasaurus Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:26:04 +0000 http://sfrubyworkshops.com/?p=70#comment-6 [...] For the past twenty years I have worked toward gender balance in the field of software development. I’ve worked to recruit and hire women where I work and spoken to women’s groups and sought to encourage younger women to pursue careers in software development. In the past, my male colleagues have always encouraged me and told me that they were impressed by what I was doing. I always appreciated that support. This past year, I noticed a differences. Guys would come up to me and say “how can I help?” Men I never met in person would email me and say “can I paypal you some money to support what you are doing?” It is a whole new world. This different attitude set the stage to train over 200 women in the SF Bay Area in Ruby on Rails in less than a year. Together we created an environment where more women how up to the geek meetups and more women give presentations and there are more events for all genders. In 2010 we have a new initiative to make the workshops self-sustaining. [...] [...] For the past twenty years I have worked toward gender balance in the field of software development. I’ve worked to recruit and hire women where I work and spoken to women’s groups and sought to encourage younger women to pursue careers in software development. In the past, my male colleagues have always encouraged me and told me that they were impressed by what I was doing. I always appreciated that support. This past year, I noticed a differences. Guys would come up to me and say “how can I help?” Men I never met in person would email me and say “can I paypal you some money to support what you are doing?” It is a whole new world. This different attitude set the stage to train over 200 women in the SF Bay Area in Ruby on Rails in less than a year. Together we created an environment where more women how up to the geek meetups and more women give presentations and there are more events for all genders. In 2010 we have a new initiative to make the workshops self-sustaining. [...]

]]> http://workshops.railsbridge.org/2010/03/workshops-continue-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Amy Chen and Melanie Archer | the evolving ultrasaurus Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:37:36 +0000 http://sfrubyworkshops.com/?p=70#comment-5 [...] got to know Amy Chen through her volunteering at the most recent worshop. She agreed to “shadow” me during this event in preparation for leading the next [...] [...] got to know Amy Chen through her volunteering at the most recent worshop. She agreed to “shadow” me during this event in preparation for leading the next [...]

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