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词条 Women Who Code
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  1. History

  2. Key Initiatives

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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| type = 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
| location_city = San Francisco, California
| location_country = U.S.
| membership = 167,000
| key_people = {{plainlist|
  • Alaina Percival (CEO and Board Chair)
  • Joey Rosenberg (Global Leadership Director)
  • Megan Tiu (Director of Engineering)
  • Brittani Smalls (Accounting and Compliance Manager)
  • Sherice Avant (Senior Product Manager)

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| website = {{URL|http://www.womenwhocode.com}}
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Women Who Code is an international non-profit organization that provides services for women pursuing technology careers and a job board for companies seeking coding professionals. The company aims to provide an avenue into the technology world by evaluating and assisting women developing technical skills. In addition to training, professional evaluations, meetings, and scholarships, Women Who Code offers networking and mentorship. As of 2018, the organization has executed more than 8,000 free events around the world, built a membership of over 167,000, and has locations in 60 cities in over 20 countries.

History

Women Who Code was created in 2011.[1] It became a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit in 2014[2] and is best known for its weekly publication the CODE Review, free technical study groups, hack nights, career development and leadership development, and speaking events featuring influential technology industry experts and investors.[3] Since inception, WWCode has produced thousands of events worldwide and garnered sponsorship from organizations like Google, Zendesk, VMware, KPCB, Capital One, Nike, Yelp, and many others. In the summer of 2016, Women Who Code went through Y Combinator (company).[4]

Key Initiatives

Women Who Code takes action in:

•Providing free technical study groups (Ruby, Javascript, iOS, Android, Python, Algorithms)

•Connecting our community with influential tech experts and investors

•Offering career and leadership development

•Increasing female speakers and judges at conferences and hackathons

•Increasing participation in the tech community

See also

  • Ladies Who Code

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-who-code|title= Women Who Code [Registration required to see this LinkedIn page]|last=|first=|date=|website=LinkedIn.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=16 November 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=Women Who Code, Inc. |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/46-4218859 |website=Guidestar |accessdate=8 March 2019}}
3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/noodleeducation/2017/02/22/women-who-code-you-are-not-alone/#150766ba32e2|title=Women Who Code: You Are Not Alone|last=Pros|first=Noodle|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-10-25|language=en}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/02/y-combinator-accepts-second-ever-tech-diversity-non-profit/|title=YCombinator accepts Women Who Code|access-date=2019-03-26|language=en}}
  • [https://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2011/11/28/women-who-code-present-9-tech-talks-in-san-francisco/ Forbes: "Women Who Code Present 9 Tech Talks in San Francisco"]
  • [https://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2014/08/05/alaina-percival-10-reasons-why-more-women-should-work-in-software-engineering/ Wall Street Journal: "Alaina Percival: 10 Reasons Why More Women Should Work in Software Engineering"]
  • CSM: "Silicon Valley's workforce could see demographic shift"
  • [https://venturebeat.com/2013/03/08/the-woman-in-tech-dialogue-is-taking-center-stage-and-this-is-a-good-thing/ Venture Beat: "Let’s talk about ‘women in tech': Silicon Valley still has a gender problem"]
  • SFBT: "Twitter hosts female-driven hackathon"
  • computerweekly.com: "Women Who Code launches London meet ups"
  • [https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/02/y-combinator-accepts-second-ever-tech-diversity-non-profit/ TechCrunch: "YCombinator accepts Women Who Code"]

External links

  • The WWCode website

4 : Non-profit organizations based in the United States|Organizations for women in science and technology|Women in science and technology|Y Combinator companies

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