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Rails GirlsFirst experience in software craftsmanship.

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Finland - the backbone of Internet

MySQL, SSH, IRC, Linux, Nokia, Assembly - the global backbones of ICT - all come from Finland. Mainly from Finnish men.

At the same time have a strong open source culture, a legacy of stellar education and some of the most awesome women in the world.

What if we decided that code is the modern day literacy and built a whole new software culture based on our Finnish values - equality, education and open-source?

http://railsgirls.com/

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Rails Girls aims to give girls the first experience insoftware craftsmanship. It’s a finnish concept being organized by volunteers worldwide.

It connects non-technical women to the world oftechnology in an approachable, fun andinternational way through a daylong workshop withlocal developers.

During 2011 - 2012 we organized seven workshopsin Finland, around Europe and Asia with 30 - 70attendees in each. Alltogether we’ve received almost athousand applications and interest from tens of cities.

More: railsgirls.com/press

Rails Girls workshops

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Hands-on, minds on. 7 events - hundreds of girls, hundreds of volunteers. Ramping up for a full open-source teaching stack.

“Learning to program teaches you how to think. Computer science is a liberal art.” – Steve JobsCoding is not lonely or mathematical. More like learning a new language and writing something that affects millions. Much like literacy.

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Hands on, minds on. We’re building an international network of volunteers with an open source stack of coding curriculum to teach technology. We want to give girls confidence and a global network.

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Open source model7 events, 600 applicants, 70 coaches and 40 000 visitors later we we’re ready to open source the building blocks. In a matter of days developers all around the world started building exercises, translating guides and organising events. .

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