How you can fix your community in one day
summary
Claims a one-day start to change and backs it with concrete programs and numbers: a three-month Rails Girls Summer of Code pairing students, coach network and sponsors GitHub and Travis CI; 162 applicants, two years gave 64 women on 32 teams, alumni show 90% now working in tech and 8% founded startups. Practical fixes include codes of conduct, better onboarding, the speakerinnen database for visibility, paid scholarships and pair programming; outcomes show increased participation, hires and reusable project improvements.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:20What is diversity
- 3:10Why diversity is important
- 8:25Why do women leave
- 11:25Summary
- 14:15Start with yourself
- 14:45Support women
- 16:25Break stereotypes
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