#women code

[profoundlyautomaticcollectorfan]

Being a woman coder in a ‘Man’s Coding World’- Bursting Myths about Women Software Developers

https://recro.io/blog/being-woman-coder-mans-coding-world-bursting-myths-about-women-software-developers/Must Read:- 

More often than not, you must have heard the phrase ‘Coding is a man’s world’.  Well, we live in the 21st century and the tables have turned. Women software developers are challenging this notion. Increasingly, women who code are proving to the world that the tech industry is gender neutral and it is talent, knowledge and skills that matter and not one’s gender. Female software developers are on a rise at the global level with remarkable technical acumen and expertise. For those who still believe that women are technologically handicapped and coding is best done by men, it is time for a wakeup call. We have deconstructed the popular myths that perpetuate coding to be a masculine domain. The aim is to illustrate that women software developers are breaking the glass ceilings all around-

[f-thebabyboomers]

[wherenowomenhavegonebefore]

Teach Yourself Coding! (Sans Scantily Clad Women)

Screw CodeBabes, the latest example of sexism in the tech industry.  I'm not a coder, but reading about another conflation of sexism=sexy, I thought 'well, why not use another infusion of righteous, table flipping, screw-the-world anger and learn how to do some basic coding?'

So here's a list (please add to it!) of non-troglodyte groups and sites that teach programming.  No, making everyone a coder isn't going to solve the structures of inequality in the modern world.  But let's highlight the groups and websites that see programming as a useful tool, and not an excuse to show half-naked women.

http://ladieslearningcode.com/ 

http://teamtreehouse.com/

http://www.learnpython.org/

www.codeacademy.com 

https://rubymonk.com/

https://www.codeschool.com/

http://lifehacker.com/5744113/learn-to-code-the-full-beginners-guide