This article was published on women2.0, November 7th 2013. 

A few weeks ago, the second Berlin Geekeettes all-women hackathon took place in the vibrant European tech-hub Berlin. 115 women came together to spend the weekend hacking, learning, eating and networking – all sponsored and hosted by Coca-Cola and the Berlin Geekettes.

Birte Goldt, our second Hamburg Geekette of the Month, decided to change careers and became a Ruby on Rails software developer by teaching herself how to code. 

 1. Birte, tell us a little about you job, please. What are you doing?

I am working as a Software Developer at AKRA GmbH, a software service provider and consultancy - we are realizing and supporting individual software solutions for business clients. I work in the Ruby on Rails department on different projects, building and changing applications, fixing bugs and doing some third level support.

Meet Ana Cristina Agüero - our first Hamburg Geekettes of the Month. Ana has degrees in engineering and management and is the co-founder of brightup GmbH  - a promising startup in Hamburg.

It was just a few months ago that a new idea was born, and here we go: The new Geekettes Chapter in Hamburg was officially launched on this past Thursday, September 12th!