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

[Max Klein]

Hi Marina,

Thank you for the insightful report. I am looking forwards to hearing more
of the lessons that you allude to about how we can make sudo more
woman-friendly. I want to offer any support I can to your new chapter of
woman who code. also I invite you to talk more about your experiences at
the next meeting if you feel like any recommendations can be made to
sudoers from these experiences.

m

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com>
> To: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>
> Cc: "sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org>
> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:19:07 -0700
> Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] report from two (2!) women-oriented hacker
> events tonight
>
> 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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