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• Ruby and Google Summer of Code differ in their approach to learning, with Ruby focusing on hands-on experience |
• Ruby Girls Summer of Code is an initiative that provides women with the opportunity to learn programming and contribute to open source full-time |
• The program was started in April and was crowdfunded in a short period of time, raising $80,000 in two weeks |
• The program's organizers, many of whom are non-developers, learn and figure out the technical aspects as they go along |
• The speaker's perspective as a non-developer organizer, and the importance of learning and investigation in programming |
• The constant journey of learning in programming, and the fact that even experts are not always experts due to the constantly changing environment |
• The idea that everyone, including so-called experts, must continually learn and research in order to stay current in their field |
• Learning programming through listening to podcasts and online resources |
• Importance of self-study and continuous learning |
• Overview of the Rails Girls Summer Code program |
• Eligibility and requirements for participating in the program |
• Types of projects and skills involved in the program |
• Application and mentorship process for participating students |
• Goals and outcomes of the program |
• Comparison of Rails Girls and Rails Girls Summer Code programs |
• Working out a project plan and goals for a three-month period |
• Needing a mentor who is running the project to guide and support |
• Rails Girls Summer of Code being a global movement with local workshops and meetups |
• Program being international, but organizers are mostly based in Berlin |
• Importance of having a strong local support system for newcomers to open source |
• Companies providing local structure and support for students |
• Confusion about the program's name and location causing issues for applicants from other continents |
• Code Ship being a sponsor and providing a hosted continuous deployment service |
• Application process for Rails Girls Summer of Code, including team formation and research on projects |
• Details of the application process, including the requirement for a pair and a coach |
• Criteria for selecting teams, including project selection and team motivation. |
• Application process and duration (3 months) |
• Program is worldwide with no real location, and much of it is online |
• Support structures for participants, including mentorship and coaches |
• Help desk system, previously IRC, now using Campfire for easier use |
• Trust committee for addressing personal issues and maintaining a safe space |
• Corporate sponsors and crowdfunding efforts to fund scholarships |
• Program's crowdfunding campaign and individual donations |
• Crowdfunding campaign for a project with a goal of giving back to the community |
• Previous success of the campaign with many people wanting to contribute |
• Involvement of people who were previously supported by the project, including those who worked with TravisCI |
• Discussion of the cost of sending a team or student through the program, with a cost of $5,000 per student |
• Explanation of how the program accounts for cost of living and personal financial situations |
• Update on the current fundraising status, with $80,000 raised and 8 teams funded, with 2 more teams waiting to be funded |
• Comparison of this year's crowdfunding campaign to last year's, with last year's campaign being faster but with less money raised |
• Mention of companies that are involved in supporting the project, with some still waiting to confirm their sponsorship |
• Mention of a "no risk freelance" project idea |
• Discussion of Beverly Nelson's content on The Changelog, specifically her passion for teaching Ruby on Rails and her recent posts on regular expressions |
• Summer Code topics not covered, including recent posts by Beverly Nelson |
• Pressure of keeping up with content and social media |
• Animated GIF discussed |
• Summer Code donations and support for the Rails Girls Summer of Code initiative |
• Introduction to Travis Foundation and its mission to support open source projects |
• Overview of Travis Foundation's goals and initiatives, including open source grants and supporting projects with value to the community |
• Paymill and Soundcloud's Coco Pots project |
• Open source grants program by the Travis Foundation |
• Selection process for grants, focusing on cool projects with value to the community |
• Diversity and inclusion efforts in the open source community |
• Grant application process, currently informal (email and discussion) |
• Limited number of grants per year, approximately 3 |
• Future plans for a more formal application process |
• Discussion of the value of open source software and its impact on the speaker's life |
• Travis Foundation and its grants to open source projects |
• How the Travis Foundation is funded and its partnerships with corporations |
• The ripple effect of open source projects and their community |
• Floor's involvement with 89s and Rails Girls Summer of Code |
• Floor's perspective on the Travis Foundation and its impact on open source |
• The importance of female role models in technology, specifically the inspiration from a woman who organized conferences and workshops. |
• The speaker's admiration for a German developer and single mom who was a coach for the first Women in Tech conference in Berlin. |
• The challenges of balancing work and family responsibilities, particularly for women in tech. |
• The speaker's own experience as a hero, being inspired by a developer who wrote books and taught the speaker a lot. |
• The awkwardness of meeting online heroes in person, such as the speaker's experience with Avdi Grimm. |
• The discussion of developer tools and services, including Ruby Tapas, which is a partner with The Change Log. |
• Call to action to donate to the Travis Foundation and Rails Girls Summer of Code |
• Importance of volunteer work and organization in the success of the projects |
• Need for help desk support for the Rails Girls Summer of Code |
• Opportunities for community involvement and registration for help desk |
• Giving away free tickets to Rails Girls Summer of Code students for conferences |
• Lightning talks at Codefront.io conference |
• Discussion of what the participants would be doing if they weren't involved in the projects |
• Ideas for future endeavors, such as starting a co-working space and cafe |
• The speaker shares their experiences with programming and contributing to the developer community |
• They mention finding their passion in writing technical documentation |
• The speaker receives appreciation for their unique passion and ability to write documentation |
• The team at Changelog expresses their support for the speaker and their work |
• The sponsors of the show are announced, including Ninefold, Code Ship, and Top Towel |
• The host announces the next episode's guest, Chad Whitaker from Get Up, and encourages listeners to check it out. |
[0.00 --> 15.08] welcome back everyone this is the changelog where a member supported blog podcast and weekly email |
[15.08 --> 20.06] coming with fresh and what's new in open source check out the blog at the changelog.com |
[20.06 --> 28.28] our past shows at five by five dot tv slash changelog and you're listening to episode 122 |
[28.28 --> 34.02] jared and i talked to anika lintour and flor dres about rails grills summer of code and travis |
[34.02 --> 40.98] foundation today's show is sponsored by ninefold code ship and top tau we'll tell you a bit more |
[40.98 --> 46.78] about code ship and top tau later in the show but our friends at ninefold they're doing some awesome |
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[101.38 --> 112.40] and now on to the show we're joined today by annika linter and flor drees they are some awesome women in |
[112.40 --> 118.90] tech doing some cool stuff ruby um rails girl summer code travis foundation and a ton of other cool stuff |
[118.90 --> 124.62] but i'll let them do their introductions for themselves annika why don't you uh why don't you go |
[124.62 --> 129.98] first give the listeners an idea about who you are and kind of what you're what you're doing these days |
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