Women engineers entering the field now are definitely in a better support system. By Sujata Menon (Java Developer, Marqeta) For a woman in tech today, there are quite a few resources out there to help one advance technically and professionally. This was not the case even 5 years ago. Being the lone woman engineer in [...]
Posts Tagged "Women Who Code"
Where To Find Femgineers (Recruiting/Hiring Women Engineers)
November 1, 2012 – 9:00 am
Sponsor an event for women in tech like Founder Friday or Girl Geek Dinners. Femgineers eat too! By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee) My boyfriend, who’s an engineer, and his CEO are part of a prominent Silicon Valley startup that are currently as they say “killing it!” They’ve managed to become pretty successful in [...]
From “n00b” To Engineer In One Year
October 3, 2012 – 8:00 am
I am joining Red Hat as a Associate Software Engineer. By Lynn Root (Founder, PyLadies San Francisco) It is my great pleasure (and squee!) to share with my friends, family, PyLadies, Twitter nerds, Women Who Code’rs, DevChixen, Systers, and everyone else that I can now say: I am an Engineer. Yes, the same person that [...]
4 Hacks To Learning To Be A Hacker, “A Python Ate Me!” & More
July 12, 2012 – 7:00 am
Programming is by no means an individual pilgrimage; seeing what others are working on and helping/getting help from others can make learning much more fun and rewarding. By Michelle Sun (Student, Hackbright Academy) It’s the beginning of Hackbright Academy, working on Python. There has been ups and downs, some days (and nights) of pure nightmares, [...]
Are You Aspiring To Code? Join The Club, Literally…
June 4, 2012 – 10:00 am
A conference attendee said she didn’t study computer science in school and didn’t know any code a year ago, but is now working as a full-time developer. By Melissa Tinitigan (Founder, Event Digerati) I’ve always been fascinated by technology, and I was hoping to learn more about the booming tech industry in San Francisco by [...]
Almost $20k Cash – AT&T Hackathon Recap (Engineers Don’t Blog)
May 7, 2012 – 5:00 am
This is my story of how I almost won $20k. By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders) This weekend I participated in the AT&T Mobile HTML5 Hackathon. I had very mixed feelings in the beginning about my participation for multiple reasons. The first reason in which I was against participating is because I have a number [...]
5 Reasons Why Knowing How To Code Is Good For Entrepreneurs
March 19, 2012 – 8:00 am
By Alicia Liu (Co-Founder, RivalMetrics) This is a version of the lightning talk I gave at the Women Who Code Meet Up last month. It’s in the context of why startup founders should code, but can be applied to anyone on a small tech startup team. #1 – Understand what is actually going on. So [...]
Women Who Code Lightning Talk: Winning Hackathons (Video)
March 7, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Winning! By Anna Billstrom (Developer, Momentus Media) I spoke on “Winning! At Hackfests” for Women Who Code in San Francisco where we had 12-15 lightening rounds of women talking about coding. It was really awesome! Some favorites: using genetic algorithms to solve computing problems, and digital visualization. Back to me. Ever since seeing myself on [...]
Women Who Code: First Lightning Talks Event Videos Posted!
November 18, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Elaine Tsai (Organizer, Hack Nights for Beginners) Women Who Code (WWCode) held our first lightning talks event on Tuesday, October 25. The event was filled with excitement, involvement, and proof that there are plenty of women interested in programming, hacking, and all things related to changing the gender gap in the tech industry. With [...]
Female Founders to Follow (Women 2.0 Startup Weekend Mentors)
November 4, 2011 – 7:05 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Women 2.0 Startup Weekend (November 18-20, 2011 in San Francisco, CA) will host 150 hackers, designers, business and marketing people to build early-stage startups in 54 hours. Women 2.0 Startup Weekend 2011 MENTORS and their ventures: Sasha Laundy (Founder, Women Who Code) Sasha loves helping others learn [...]
