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PALLAVI SHASTRY: We're here to share an amazing

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Rails Girls Summer of Code experience.

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It was an internship of about three months,

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and we were the team Diasbits.

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So Dias is the short form of the Open Source[br]project

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we picked up called Diaspora and 'bits,'

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we were trying to be the tiny, teeny tiny[br]bits of Diaspora

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by contributing to Diaspora,

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and that's how we picked up the name Diaspora.

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So we are- I'm Pallavi.

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I'm working as a developer in Bang the Table

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and this is my coding partner Sakshi Jain.

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She's a final year engineering student from[br]Rajasthan.

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And let's say more about Rails Girls.

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Sakshi Jain: So we're here to share about[br]the fun

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we had during Rails Girls summer of code,

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and so we'll be talking less technical and[br]more,

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sharing more of the fun.

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So, Rails Girls- the aim of Rails Girls is[br]to give

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tools to women and a community so that they

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understand technology and build it ideas.

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So this they do by providing them

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a great experience and making technology more[br]approachable.

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So let's see more about Rails Girls, here.

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[VIDEO]

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Girl: We want to give the girls a chance to[br]build a web application from concept to code.

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Boy: And we think it's important that the[br]girls learn to see the web as a platform for

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their ideas.

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[indecipherable lecture & chatting]

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Voice Over: It's really awesome to see you[br]all here,

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because I hope that you're actually going[br]to start building web apps and services.

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Boy: So we want to get the girls to destroy[br]the world!

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P.S.: So after connecting in a number of workshops[br]and meet-ups,

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so the Rails Girls organizers decided to take[br]it to the next step

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and that's how the Rails Girls Summer of Code[br]was born.

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So Rails Girls Summer of Code-

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the main idea was to get women and girls into[br]Open Source.

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And it works very similar to Google Summer[br]of Code

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and Ruby Summer of Code, where students will[br]be paid,

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and the students are free to pick up any Open[br]Source project work on.

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And like the Google Summer of Code and the[br]Ruby Summer of Code,

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the idea of Rails Girls Summer of Code was[br]to expand

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the knowledge and skills by contributing to[br]great Open Source Projects.

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So you don't have to come up with a sophisticated[br]code

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by the end of your internship.

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So there were about forty applications from[br]about

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one forty students from all over the world.

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And few of them were outstandingly prepared,

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few of them had their own support networks

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from local community and coaches,

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and few of them had their own personal stories.

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And this

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00:04:10.26 ??

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was the teams that got selected from

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different parts of the world, and we were[br]the team from India.

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So we were a team. So team consisted of participants,

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coaches and mentors. So the participants were[br]me and Sakshi.

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It was a paired event. And coaches-

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coaches are the people who you used to help[br]us with all our doubts,

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you know, help us whenever we get stuck with[br]anything.

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And mentors are the people who know in and[br]out about the project we picked up.

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So we picked up Diaspora and we had Diaspora[br]developers as our mentors.

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And these people were our coaches.

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Arihant Godha, Neha, and Tejas Dinkar,

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the guy who spoke about native extensions.

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It was not only coding, the whole three months.

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We had a lot of fun activities,

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not only reporting or blogging about the work

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we did or the coding we did.

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We did have regular interactions,

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hang-outs with our mentors, other teams,

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and we met a lot of awesome people.

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And we got a lot of goodies from all the sponsors.

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And Sakshi will tell us more about the project.

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S.J.: Yeah, so let's see about what projects[br]did we actually work for.

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We chose to work for Rails Girls App generator[br]and Diaspora.

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Initially we thought that we'd be working[br]for Diaspora

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for the whole three months, but Diaspora is[br]a huge project,

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and it was really difficult for us,

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for us beginners to understand what actually[br]Diaspora is,

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and how we should contribute to it.

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And it requires a lot of knowledge of Rails[br]and other things.

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So we chose, we started off with Rails Girls[br]App generator.

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This project also included our visits to Rails[br]Girls events in Bangalore and

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00:06:09.90?? .

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So, what do we actually do in the Rails Girls[br]events

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is that we learn more about Rails,

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and we get to meet a lot of people and we[br]can meet our coaches,

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we can ask any doubt we have in our mind.

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And also there's a lot of chance to have nice[br]pictures of Friday hug.

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So during this project, what we did is-

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Rails Girls App generator is about adding[br]comments

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targeted at Rails Girls students

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and it removes more complicated stuff

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like respond-to blocks and JSON stuff in controllers,[br]et cetera.

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So this project also includes a

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JQ 00:06:58.37 ??

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based website hosted on GitHub pages,

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which gives pointers to the guides and other[br]resources -

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beginners, intermediate, et cetera.

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So after finishing off with Rails Girls App[br]generator,

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which took us about a month to figure out[br]what exactly has to be done,

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and we learnt more about Rails, et cetera,[br]then we switched on to Diaspora.

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Diaspora is a legacy-aware decentralized social[br]network,

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which gives the user whole control of their[br]data.

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And it was touted by the media as a Facebook-killer.

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So, why is it called as a Facebook-killer?

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Because it is completely different

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and it gives the user complete freedom and[br]privacy.

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So I should not speak much about Diaspora[br]because I haven't contributed to it much.

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Let's see- next slide.

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Yeah. So before contributing to Diaspora,

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we had some doubt in our mind as to what exactly

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should we know about Diaspora,

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and how should we even contribute to it?

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So how- should we start reading

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?? 00:08:16.29

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books from starting to end,

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or should we start learning all the languages:

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Ruby, Javascript, et cetera.

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So, this was the answer which was given to[br]us by the Diaspora developer.

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He said that, "Never try to learn everything[br]up front,

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that doesn't work. Better pick upa little[br]task and learn what you need to solve it."

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So this, we formed as a principle

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and so now we use this concept whenever

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we start contributing to any Open Source project.

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Also, one important thing that what prior[br]knowledge

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should we have before making any contributions.

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He said that git workflow is the most important[br]thing,

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and learn everything else as you go.

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So this is a concept which helps you to save[br]your time.

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Just pick up one task and research about it[br]and try to solve it.

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If you have less time, that means you should[br]not start

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the reading whole of the languages.

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It is good if you know everything, but,

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if you have less time that means you set about[br]a particular bug,

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which you want to fix.

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So we picked up some issues from Diaspora[br]issue list,

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and these were the few issues from the beginner's[br]category,

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and these are some of the issues:

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Blocking people from the profile page, fix[br]commenting,

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comment still displayed after a fail posting,[br]et cetera.

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So let me explain to you about the blocking[br]feature,

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which we introduced into Diaspora.

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So as you can see in the image,

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first we had to design what,

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where should the block icon be placed on the[br]profile page in Diaspora.

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So we went through a series of design steps.

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As you can see, we had the block in the drop-down,

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and then a little finishing was required.

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Finally we came down to one design, which[br]was accepted by most of the people.

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So through all this we learned about how to[br]communicate

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in Open Source projects, what,

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how to ask Diaspora developers how do they[br]review, et cetera.

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After fixing our design, then we,

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what we did was, we had to figure out what[br]exactly,

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where exactly the code should be placed.

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So we had to figure out which files will be[br]effected.

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So all this we could do with the help of Diaspora[br]developers.

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So, Pallavi, what did we learn?

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P.S.: Rails, of course, and the Git workflow,

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and we had this oh-my-god situations when[br]we had much conflicts.

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So, how do we branch out? How do we fix it?

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And then how do we send a poll-request?

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And how do developers review it? And how they[br]comment?

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The whole Git workflow basically, and working[br]remotely.

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So Sakshi's from Ajmer. I'm from Banglore.

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So for the first few days, in the beginning,

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it was difficult for us to communicate.

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And also the developers are from Berlin,

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and coach is luckily a developer from Banglore.

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And most of the time it was through pinging

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or email or IRC we could communicate with[br]each other.

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And not only fixing the bugs, we also,

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it was a test in development.

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So we learned a lot about RSPEC or 00:11:53.15??[br]and all that.

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S.J.: The impact.

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The impact is that we are standing here and[br]speaking in front of you.

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So the whole Rails Girls Summer of Code journey

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had a great impact on our life and career.

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So we know, like, what exactly we want to[br]do now, and what is our destination.

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Though we still have to learn a lot and,

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it made us realize that we too have the capability

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to implement our ideas and we got to meet[br]a lot of

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people from all over the world.

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We understood the learning strategy of different[br]people

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from different countries. We realized that[br]we too have the,

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fortunately we too have the chance to make[br]things,

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to change the world and make things better,[br]and happen.

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Thank you!

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Thank you to the coaches, to the mentors,

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to the organizers of Rails Girls Summer of[br]Code journey,

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to the Garden City Ruby Conference organizers

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for giving us this opportunity to speak here.

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Thank you all.

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P.S.: Any questions?

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V.O.: We do have time for questions, yeah.

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QUERANT: Just wanted to say, good job and[br]all the rest.

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P.S.: Thank you.

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Anyone, any questions?

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QUERANT: I just want to ask like, what are[br]the

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00:13:42.7 ??

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challenges that you faced with this? I see[br]a lot of-

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I'm not engend- I'm gonna not engender women,

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or something like that, but I see a lot of[br]fresher sort you know,

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people who are just doing their college

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and are finding a real tough time basically

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to learn technology and things.

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Like how do you break that ice, how did you[br]guys do it in specific?

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P.S.: So, we do have that feeling, like,

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we felt timid sometimes because we don't have

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the required technical skills, but then once[br]we got into it,

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we eventually picked up. We slowly picked[br]up.

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And I think the best thing would be to just,

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just don't feel timid, just pick up,

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eventually you'll pick up everything.

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S.J.: And yeah, the Rails Girls Summer of[br]Code

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organizers were so welcoming.

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Anything you can ask them on IRC just ping[br]them,

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they'll give you an answer, you can research,

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you can talk to your coaches.

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So that's how we got to learn a lot of things.

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QUERANT: OK, so I wanted to ask you,

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have you followed up in your college

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and have you told them about it?

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What steps did you take to make people aware?

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Because I did my GSub this summer and I've[br]been trying to do stuff.

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So what are you guys doing in college?

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P.S.: Yes, we did have a similar talk in college,

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we introduced the rest of the girls to this.

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And I'm not very sure when it's gonna happen[br]again,

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but I make sure some of my juniors will take[br]part.

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QUERANT: All right, that's great.

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P.S.: OK

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QUERANT: Again, I love your confidence.

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This was a great talk. So my question is,

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the learnings that you've had in college,

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how much was it applicable in this experience?

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The useful stuff?

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P.S.: Yeah, we got to know that we didn't[br]learn anything,

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and we have to start learning.

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S.J.: Exactly.

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QUERANT: So, finally, Emacs or Vin??

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P.S.: Yeah, not so much. OK, he has a question.

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QUERANT: What is the answer by the way?

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QUERANT: So that was a good talk. Part of-[br]slightly different question.

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What are you personal plans to take this forward,

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Rails Girls initiatives and the Rails Girls[br]Summer of Code initiatives?

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How you gonna take it forward, because I've[br]seen in the past,

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people come up here on stage, get there visibility,

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get the limelight, get into the corporate[br]bubble,

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and disappear out of this.

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S.J.: So we are standing here, that means[br]we're inspiring students.

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QUERANT: Right now. What are you all going[br]to do?

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S.J.: Yeah.

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P.S.: OK, we're still contributing to Diaspora,

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there are few peers left under review, and[br]now we know,

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we have a fair idea of how to contribute to[br]Open Source,

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so we'll pick up some other Open Source project.

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I tried my hands on

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00:16:56.77 ??

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Yeah. Pretty much take it forward that way.

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QUERANT: And one request.

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Inspire others, please,

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other girls especially to get onto the same[br]boat here.

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Well done, thanks.

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P.S.: Thank you.

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So we have a lot of time for questions.

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QUERANT: I have a sister, who is going to

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00:17:18.20??

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this year. So do you have any statements for

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what should I tell her to do or ask her to[br]follow?

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P.S.: So basically when we applied, they asked[br]us to show sample codes.

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So I think, this was not only specific to[br]Ruby on Rails,

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any web framework, anything that is related[br]to web.

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I mean, there were other teams who were working[br]on JavaScript.

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So if she's interesting, ask her to have some[br]sample codes,

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so that'll help her to get into.

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And compared to Google Summer of Code and[br]Ruby Summer of Code,

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this wasn't so competitive.

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I mean, I think it was the first time.

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S.J.: Yeah, it was.

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P.S.: And only a few of them knew it.

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So it should be easy to get into it.

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V.O.: We [br]do have time for more questions.

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QUERENT: I don't actually have a question,

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but I have a piece of advice. In India, right[br]now,

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we have a good amount of Ruby developers male

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to which we look forward and we plan to be[br]more helpful,

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we get some inspiration from them, but there's[br]no female developers,

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as such, where the new community which is[br]coming in to,

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they look forward to any female that can inspire[br]them.

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So I advise you guys to equally be active[br]in social media,

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so that it creates a word out of it, and it[br]takes that,

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it takes forward from there, onwards.

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P.S.: OK.

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QUERANT: I like your introduction, but then,[br]you know,

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I like the confidence with which you guys[br]are standing there,

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not that you're girls or guys standing there,

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but even two guys standing there,

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I would have been really happy to see two[br]people

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come up there and do the things they're doing.

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I think there enough female developers that[br]are kicking ass,

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I think, you don't have to look beyond a girl[br]who can kick ass.

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But, good job because, it's just the confidence,

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keep the confidence going, and all the rest.

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P.S.: OK, thank you.

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He has a question.

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QUERANT: So a lot of people, including myself,

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have a issue with confidence?

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But did you did mention that you went through[br]a period of feeling timid.

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And I've actually worked with some juniors[br]as well,

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and I do see that as a problem.

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Could you explain a little bit more of how

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personally you can overcome your timidness,

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or any stress level of learning so many things?

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S.J.: So I should thank my parents, I think,

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for introducing me into a school which was[br]a kind of a great development...

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so, should I name my school? It is Sophia[br]Senior secondary school from Madrid,

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and I'm really thankful to my teachers, you[br]know,

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their encouragement and their support, so[br]I am here today.

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QUERANT: Hello. My question is how did you[br]come across Rails Girls

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in the first place? As in how did you know[br]it was there?

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P.S.: OK, so, that's a nice question.

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I was a part of an organization called Free[br]Software ??

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So they help students to get into Open Source[br]pro-

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I mean, you know, introduce them to Open Source[br]and all that.

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So I subscribed to their mailing list

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and I happened to see this and I thought OK,

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let me try, and then started coding in Ruby

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and all that, and then applied for Rails Girls[br]Summer of Code.

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And it's the same thing with her, even she[br]came,

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she found out about Rails Girls Summer of[br]Code through some mailing list.

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S.J.: In my career of engineering I,

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actually I was searching for some new language[br]to learn about,

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so I asked one coach, ??, he told me to start[br]learning Ruby.

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So I found it easy to understand at first.[br]But though,

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when you go in depth of Ruby, it is more complicated.

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So it requires a lot of practice in implementation.

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QUERANT: K, I've got one question for you.

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So if you had one message to pass on to other[br]women in technology

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or other girls who are looking to get into[br]technology, what would that be?

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S.J.: That would be that if you want to apply[br]for any program,

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just go for it, don't think that

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you don't have that much of technical background,

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or you don't know these things, that you can't[br]apply.

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So it's better to just push yourself and you'll[br]eventually learn.

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P.S.: And also like just look for any of these[br]women-centric programs.

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You know they pay you money.

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QUERANT: By the way there's also the normal[br]?? program.

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P.S.: List of women-centric programs would[br]be,

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of course the Google Summer of Code is there,

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the twenty-four students, and there's ?? outreach program for[br]women and uh,

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Ruby Summer of Code, and Rails Girls Summer[br]of Code.

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S.J.: And the Next Foundation.

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P.S.: Yeah, the Next Foundation. Oh, yeah[br]?? is also there.

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Thank you all.