Why I organise Rails GirlsElisha Tan @elishatan

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

Nah not really, it’s like 2010 in Singapore.

Check out my mad tech skills yo

Online marketplace for in-person classes

Writing codes is amazing

People aren’t rude

Why is it a problem?And why should you care?

Not a biology problem

Ada Lovelace - world’s first computer programmer

Margaret Hamilton - prevented an abort of the Apollo 11 moon landing - coined the term “Software Engineering”

Grace Hooper - invented the first compiler - coined the term “debugging”

But a marketing problem

Why should you care?

Talent Crunch

Contribution Crunch

No data, lol.

Fermi estimation• 1% of all programmers contribute to open source

(Total gems: 95271)

• Programmers are mostly men

• Half the population are men

If more women pick up programming, we’ll have twice as much contribution?!

How can you help?

for women != anti-men

status quo don’t help

• Help out at Rails Girls as coaches

• Organise more events

• Tell a friend about Rails Girls (next one this Sat!)

• No subtle sexism

• Don’t be an asshole

Goal for RG Singapore

Let’s make Ruby a better place

@elishatan