[sudo-discuss] report from two (2!) women-oriented hacker events tonight

[Andrew]

Shag carpet in the sex closet... Classy.

Also thanks for the writeup. Sounds awesome!
On Sep 17, 2013 9:54 PM, "Marina Kukso" <marina.kukso at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> a bunch of us went to the totally excellent and huge (50+ people) double
> union <http://doubleunion.org> launch event which had a bunch of really
> great short talks on all kinds of topics (technical projects, a women's
> google glass hacking group, history of textiles, singing in navi - which is
> apparently an inclusive language, experiences from using the internet with
> a male-gendered handle, comics, and stand-up). it left me personally
> totally inspired to have open short short talks at sudo (less pressure than
> 5 minutes of fame) and totally amazed by the density of hacker women in our
> area. we are not doing a good enough job getting women at sudo room, but we
> have a great new partner in double union.
>
> afterwards a few of us went to a women who code<http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/>open hack night at the new relic office (more on that below). they had
> pizza (boo) but also salad (yay). there were at least 30 women here, all at
> various levels of experience. there was a lot of app talk and a lot of
> interest in working for companies.
>
> a number of women shared their experiences of getting work at
> corporations, getting mentorship in order to move up in corporations, and
> forcing their organizations to take gender inclusion seriously. while i
> applaud the accomplishments of all women who find work in an exclusive
> field and also applaud the formation of alternate professional networks, i
> am very sad that we have to applaud and cheer whenever a single women gets
> a leg up, or support, or a job, or successfully leverages another woman in
> her network to help her find work.
>
> it was also interesting to observe in myself the effects of efforts at
> inclusion - when women would say that their attempts to bring attention to
> the lack of women at their company were well-received, or when they talked
> about how a boss was supportive of their professional development, i could
> see myself giving little ++'s to their organization. sharing with other
> people the ways that communities demonstrate their commitment to inclusion
> is a key part of getting more people in the door. this is why i think that
> it's really important to share what we do at sudo and the ways we pay
> attention to and act on our mission of inclusion.
>
> finally, jordan and i chatted with the women who code people about their
> organization. it's all volunteer-run, they have no budget. they have
> meetups three times a week now (algorithms study group<http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/events/132650642/>!).
> they meet at different companies who give them space for free and agree to
> cater (apparently organizing this is not as much work as it would
> seem..they said they now have a pipeline and enough industry connections to
> make this easy). they rarely meet at hackerspaces because of the lack of
> ability to sponsor food.
>
> we talked to them about starting an east bay chapter at sudo focused on
> linux/open source projects/?? and they were super supportive. they said
> that this would meet a need that they saw in their community: from their
> experience, many women were able to reach "intermediate" levels of
> experience through their groups, but hit snags when starting to develop
> projects of their own and joining open source communities. their people
> needed support learning how to navigate open source communities and knowing
> where and how to start. we'll see what comes of this.
>
> finally, the new relic office is so fancy! which brings us to....
>
>
> *The New Relic Office is so Fancy: A Photoessay*
>
> this is their fireplace-oriented lounging area:
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> this is another lounging area with the view of the led side of the bay
> bridge:
>
> [image: Inline image 2]
>
> this is the tiny room whose purpose can only be sex (what other purpose
> could it possibly serve??? it has a sweet chaise lounge!):
>
> [image: Inline image 3]
>
> and here they are, the women who code!!! yayy!!!!!
>
> [image: Inline image 4]
>
> we invited some of the women to sudo room and they were down, so hopefully
> they will come. yay!
>
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