Why I organise Rails GirlsElisha Tan @elishatan
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
Nah not really, it’s like 2010 in Singapore.
Check out my mad tech skills yo
Online marketplace for in-person classes
Writing codes is amazing
People aren’t rude
Why is it a problem?And why should you care?
Not a biology problem
Ada Lovelace - world’s first computer programmer
Margaret Hamilton - prevented an abort of the Apollo 11 moon landing - coined the term “Software Engineering”
Grace Hooper - invented the first compiler - coined the term “debugging”
But a marketing problem
Why should you care?
Contribution Crunch
Fermi estimation• 1% of all programmers contribute to open source
(Total gems: 95271)
• Programmers are mostly men
• Half the population are men
If more women pick up programming, we’ll have twice as much contribution?!
How can you help?
for women != anti-men
status quo don’t help
• Help out at Rails Girls as coaches
• Organise more events
• Tell a friend about Rails Girls (next one this Sat!)
• No subtle sexism
• Don’t be an asshole
Goal for RG Singapore
Let’s make Ruby a better place
@elishatan