Technical Mentorship for Women Engineers and PxMs
summary
Organization runs hands-on microconferences and mentorship that use open source practices and hardware: a Raspberry Pi home‑automation demo predates commercial ring doorbells and an all‑women team built a 10k‑line OpenFlow SDN controller in C and placed 8th globally. A 2019 conference survey finds 64% know only how to use open source, while 80% are interested in contributing and 12% aim to be maintainers. A 2015 follow‑up shows poor retention: 2015: 18 of 20–25 contributors dropped out. A 5‑month SRI pilot in C/assembly is on hold.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 3:57What Is Your Number One Regret
- 12:30How Much Do You Know about Open Source
- 14:37How Many Years Have You Worked in the Industry
- 15:26What Is the Biggest Reason You Might Leave the Tech Industry
- 16:25Are You Training Your Managers Adequately To Handle the Current and Next Generation Workforce
- 21:44Allyship
- 23:20Psychological Safety
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