Women in Tech with Gen Ashley on Web Rush #197

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.

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const podcast = { 
  episode: 197,
  title: 'Women in Tech',
  topics: [ 
    'women', 'diversity', 'inclusive'
  ],
  guest: 'Gen Ashley'
  hosts: [
    'Ward Bell', 'John Papa'
  ]
};

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.