Django Tales: How Django and Its Community Can Change Lives
summary
Sixty‑five personal profiles document how learning Django plus Django Girls events leads to jobs, community leadership and new projects; the talk gives numbers — 65 interviews, 26 upcoming events and 54 past events, ~1600 attendees across 37 countries — and concrete proposals: add mentor information on the Django site, create code mentors, change “core team” to “support team”, open DSF membership, persuade sponsors to donate employee time and pay maintainers so contributors can keep working.
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chapters (45)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:35Welcome
- 1:35Survey
- 2:04Django Girl Stork
- 2:53Django Interview Series
- 3:05Django Story Birthday
- 3:18Dori
- 4:18Django Girls
- 4:58Django Community
- 5:53Biggest Success
- 6:21Model View Culture
- 6:47Djangos Community
- 7:16Adrian
- 8:41Programming Career
- 9:57Community
- 10:07Erica
- 11:04Erika
- 11:24Sylvie
- 12:44Jordan
- 13:26Jordans Goal
- 13:59What Jordan Loves About Django
- 14:30Jordans Story
- 16:09Langston Hughes
- 17:54The Django Community
- 18:26Django Community Values
- 18:56Django Answers
- 19:39I came for the framework
- 20:20We are not done yet
- 23:13Djangos core team
- 23:58Support team
- 24:43DSF membership
- 26:51Barriers to contributions
- 27:56Listening to people
- 29:36Equal Opportunities
- 30:14Financial Aid
- 30:35Be Kind
- 30:59Encourage
- 31:30Connect the Dots
- 32:01Be a Mentor
- 33:45Ask Questions
- 34:15Django Goals Workshop
- 34:34Django Girls Workshop
- 34:58Django Girls Stats
- 35:17Thank You
- 35:28Twitter
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