Episode 197: Women in Tech with Gen Ashley
Gen Ashley talks with us about Coed:Code, Meetup Groups, and other efforts she is a part of to help encourage and support women, non-binary people, & allies in technology, and ways we can be more inclusive at conferences and in general.
Recording date: July 22, 2022
John Papa @John_Papa
Ward Bell @WardBell
Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin
Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker
Gen Ashley @CoderInHeels
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Resources:
- Gen is the Founder of TECH(K)NOW Day
- Modern Frontends Live!
- Google Women Techmakers
- Svelte Sirens
- Meetup.com
- SvelteJS
- NASA Space Apps Challenge London
- Twitter Community
- Ada’s List
- Coed:Code
- OpenTechSchool London
- TensorFlow JS
- Jessica Alba: Marvel Is ‘Still Quite Caucasian’ Despite ‘Business Initiative’ of Racial Diversity
Timejumps
- 00:49 Coming late to a project
- 02:49 Guest introduction
- 06:11 What got you interested in supporting women in tech?
- 10:37 What is Coed:Code?
- 11:35 Sponsor: Nrwl
- 12:06 Using Meetup.com to organize
- 14:41 What progress are you seeing? What impediments?
- 18:42 What can we do to be more inclusive?
- 27:49 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 28:46 How can we encourage more women to be speakers at conferences?
- 33:35 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.