Plan of action: we need more women in programming!

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Argument states stereotypes and social expectations drive talented women away from programming, cites GitHub CEO line that potential exists but opportunity does not, and points to concrete wins: a career changer who asked for an internship at Simplificator AG and was hired, co-founded a weekly free programming course for women, organizes Rails Girls Zurich, and visits primary schools to demo code. Calls for open doors, to provide opportunities, and to show code to colleagues.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:27Reputation
3. 2:12Github CEO
4. 2:48Why we need more women
5. 3:18What can we do
6. 5:13Conclusion

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