We can’t thank everyone enough who contributed and attended the Ruby on Rails Workshop for Women. \u00a0From the feedback, it appears to have been a\u00a0tremendous\u00a0success.<\/p>\n
So cool that folks travelled to Boston from as far away as PA to attend Ruby on Rails Workshop for Women!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
…it makes a huge difference to be able to ask someone stupid ?s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I like being able to say that I deployed my first Rails application today before lunchtime \ud83d\ude42 like running a half marathon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Totally impressed with the amount of Ruby and Rails info the students absorbed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I want to thank the teaching assistants at #rorw4w. You were never judgmental and always patient.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You know what’s a lot of fun? TAing at #rorw4w.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It was indeed entirely attitude-free, as promised – unique in my experience! I appreciated that so much, and I had a lot of fun, as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read about what our teachers thought about the workshop. \u00a0Sarah Allen<\/a> wrote about Stone Soup<\/a> and Andy Gregorowicz<\/a> wrote about the workshop from his perspective<\/a>. \u00a0 Or just check out the tweet stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Moving forward, we encourage our newly empowered programmers to meet monthly at the Open Source Code Crunch<\/a>. \u00a0If you want to stay in the loop, please join the\u00a0OSCC mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Open Source Code Crunch<\/strong><\/p>\n
Women are a minority in most technical communities, but in open source communities the numbers are even smaller \u2014 by a factor of about ten or more.<\/p>\n
The Open Source Code Crunch seeks to promote mixed gender collaboration. Programmers will meet monthly and use their skills towards open source projects in a welcoming, collaborative, attitude-free, newbie-safe environment.<\/p>\n
First meeting will be on October 21st at 6pm<\/strong>
\nThe Berkman Center<\/a>
\n23 Everett Street, Second Floor
\nCambridge, MA 02138
\nPhone (617) 495-7547<\/p>\n