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

[David Keenan]

"they rarely meet at hackerspaces because of the lack of ability to sponsor
food"

Did you mention that we haz bagels?
Lots and lots and lots of bagels..
if that might lure them...

Otherwise - I know we all need to eat food to live - but that seems like an
odd reason for hackers not wantin to meet at hackerspaces
hm..
-d


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:

> 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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