Purpose
She's Coding is a nonprofit organization with the main goal to help close the gender gap in tech via:
- This open-source website that educates women, allies and companies about the gender gap, developed in mentorship-based volunteer groups.
- A mentorship program, as well as an offline and online safe community for women in tech.
- Supporting women in their tech industry job searches via events, collaborations, and a yearly conference with career fair and workshops.
What's New?
Summer 2019:
- We have moved our annual Tech Women Rising conference to later in the year, allowing us a bit more time to create the best possible event for you!
- We are merging our Seattle and Seattle Eastside chapters into one. Visit the Seattle group to find meetups in Seattle, Redmond and Bellevue.
- We will be launching our first Amsterdam & next Seattle two-month-long Code-a-thon soon - stay tuned!
- Developing more new features for this website - keep a lookout for changes such as an events page, new resources, and others.
Community
She's Coding is a supportive, safe place for anyone identifying as a woman or non-binary person in tech. Our online community consists of members from all over the world. We have in-person events in several cities - please contact us if you want to start a She's Coding group in your city.
We currently run monthly meetups with networking and talks by our community members; quarterly, two-month long code-a-thons; weekly technical interview preparation meetups; as well as mock interview events with partnering companies.
Join our Slack group to keep in touch with the community and stay on top of events, announcements, and more!
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Resources
Find educational and informational content aimed toward women in tech (or those interested in tech), our allies, and companies looking to learn more about diversity and inclusion.
Mentorship
We are super thrilled about the launch of the She's Coding Mentorship Program. For a while now we thought about how to best share this network of amazing technical women, minorities and allies that we are building. This mentorship program is our first attempt into a direction of direct enablement and empowerment through matching based on their career goals, their background, their interests and their expertise.
Testimonials
"I joined She's Coding through their weekly Technical Interview Preparation meetups. There I found a wonderful group of women, supporting each other, sharing their knowledge, solving problems together and learning from each other. Without the help from She's Coding, I don't think I would have been able to achieve what I have achieved. It took a lot of hard work, but the guidance and the amazing people that I have met through the group have helped me in ways that I couldn't even imagine. She's Coding has given me hope and support, taught me not only the coding aspects but also how to behave during interviews and how to negotiate. I’m so happy that I found the She's Coding community."
"She’s Coding is the absolute best group I have found that supports women in tech. Through She’s Coding I have met so many amazing women who will go to great lengths to support the women around them. They have been there for me every moment that I needed them, and have helped me to become not only a better software developer, but a better advocate and person as well. Ever since my first meeting I have truly believed in everything that She’s Coding stands for and look forward to bringing some of this organization with me everywhere that I go."
As Seen On "CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap"
CODE documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain from having more women and minorities code?
