“I thought I was just going to a workshop where I would meet some people, score a SoundCloud shirt, and learn a few things about Rails. I had no idea I was stumbling right into a movement that was clearly set out to do something big! I think the entire attitude of the workshop is summed up with “Why the hell not!” Why shouldn’t I learn how to program? Why shouldn’t I make a career out of it? I think if any of us had doubts that we couldn’t do it, RailsGirls set us straight.”
— Denise Philipp (Participant, Info Designer & Tech Writer)
“It’s been amazing to see how women around the world from Shanghai to Berlin want to be able to build something of their own. Our aim is to give the vocabulary to do that - to share the secrets and social glue of explaining scaffolds, SQLs and servers. Seems like Berlin has the critical mass of interested females to really redefine technology and build out a whole new software engineering culture.”
— Linda Liukas (Founder of Rails Girls, Future Code Academy Community Manager)
“t was great to see so many women excited and encouraged about learning to code. Some are aiming to change careers the way I did as a self-taught programmer, and I hope I can be a role model and a resource for them, but I’m also excited about the women who are learning code to better understand and communicate with the developers in their workplaces.”
— Joan Wolkerstorfer (Mentor, Software Developer at Mediapeers)
“A good part of the attendees finished their applications and some will continue to develop them at home- along with exercises and looking more into the developer and tech community flourishing around Berlin. That’s the most important, as RG is a first experience into ruby on rails, but to improve a language only practice makes perfect.”
— Henrietta Kekalainen (Coordinator for Rails Girls)
