1 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,680 PALLAVI SHASTRY: We're here to share an amazing 2 00:00:26,710 --> 00:00:28,939 Rails Girls Summer of Code experience. 3 00:00:28,939 --> 00:00:31,520 It was an internship of about three months, 4 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,160 and we were the team Diasbits. 5 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:38,149 So Dias is the short form of the Open Source project 6 00:00:38,149 --> 00:00:41,010 we picked up called Diaspora and 'bits,' 7 00:00:41,010 --> 00:00:44,570 we were trying to be the tiny, teeny tiny bits of Diaspora 8 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:46,260 by contributing to Diaspora, 9 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:51,690 and that's how we picked up the name Diaspora. 10 00:00:51,690 --> 00:00:54,210 So we are- I'm Pallavi. 11 00:00:54,210 --> 00:00:57,109 I'm working as a developer in Bang the Table 12 00:00:57,109 --> 00:00:59,920 and this is my coding partner Sakshi Jain. 13 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:06,920 She's a final year engineering student from Rajasthan. 14 00:01:07,060 --> 00:01:09,360 And let's say more about Rails Girls. 15 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,430 Sakshi Jain: So we're here to share about the fun 16 00:01:13,430 --> 00:01:16,150 we had during Rails Girls summer of code, 17 00:01:16,150 --> 00:01:18,120 and so we'll be talking less technical and more, 18 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,610 sharing more of the fun. 19 00:01:19,610 --> 00:01:25,110 So, Rails Girls- the aim of Rails Girls is to give 20 00:01:25,110 --> 00:01:29,500 tools to women and a community so that they 21 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:34,600 understand technology and build it ideas. 22 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,330 So this they do by providing them 23 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:42,930 a great experience and making technology more approachable. 24 00:01:42,930 --> 00:01:48,270 So let's see more about Rails Girls, here. 25 00:01:48,270 --> 00:01:49,480 [VIDEO] 26 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:56,480 Girl: We want to give the girls a chance to build a web application from concept to code. 27 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:20,560 Boy: And we think it's important that the girls learn to see the web as a platform for 28 00:02:34,770 --> 00:02:38,010 their ideas. 29 00:02:38,010 --> 00:02:42,880 [indecipherable lecture & chatting] 30 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:48,680 Voice Over: It's really awesome to see you all here, 31 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:54,180 because I hope that you're actually going to start building web apps and services. 32 00:02:54,180 --> 00:03:01,180 Boy: So we want to get the girls to destroy the world! 33 00:03:07,210 --> 00:03:10,580 P.S.: So after connecting in a number of workshops and meet-ups, 34 00:03:10,580 --> 00:03:14,030 so the Rails Girls organizers decided to take it to the next step 35 00:03:14,030 --> 00:03:17,110 and that's how the Rails Girls Summer of Code was born. 36 00:03:17,110 --> 00:03:21,650 So Rails Girls Summer of Code- 37 00:03:21,650 --> 00:03:24,830 the main idea was to get women and girls into Open Source. 38 00:03:24,830 --> 00:03:27,540 And it works very similar to Google Summer of Code 39 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:29,950 and Ruby Summer of Code, where students will be paid, 40 00:03:29,950 --> 00:03:34,350 and the students are free to pick up any Open Source project work on. 41 00:03:34,350 --> 00:03:39,670 And like the Google Summer of Code and the Ruby Summer of Code, 42 00:03:39,670 --> 00:03:42,380 the idea of Rails Girls Summer of Code was to expand 43 00:03:42,380 --> 00:03:45,569 the knowledge and skills by contributing to great Open Source Projects. 44 00:03:45,569 --> 00:03:47,840 So you don't have to come up with a sophisticated code 45 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,890 by the end of your internship. 46 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:56,890 So there were about forty applications from about 47 00:03:57,340 --> 00:04:00,360 one forty students from all over the world. 48 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,080 And few of them were outstandingly prepared, 49 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,610 few of them had their own support networks 50 00:04:04,610 --> 00:04:07,459 from local community and coaches, 51 00:04:07,459 --> 00:04:09,940 and few of them had their own personal stories. 52 00:04:09,940 --> 00:04:10,310 And this 53 00:04:10,310 --> 00:04:10,620 00:04:10.26 ?? 54 00:04:10,620 --> 00:04:12,370 was the teams that got selected from 55 00:04:12,370 --> 00:04:19,370 different parts of the world, and we were the team from India. 56 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:29,569 So we were a team. So team consisted of participants, 57 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:32,340 coaches and mentors. So the participants were me and Sakshi. 58 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:34,949 It was a paired event. And coaches- 59 00:04:34,949 --> 00:04:39,270 coaches are the people who you used to help us with all our doubts, 60 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:42,770 you know, help us whenever we get stuck with anything. 61 00:04:42,770 --> 00:04:46,099 And mentors are the people who know in and out about the project we picked up. 62 00:04:46,099 --> 00:04:53,099 So we picked up Diaspora and we had Diaspora developers as our mentors. 63 00:04:53,270 --> 00:04:55,449 And these people were our coaches. 64 00:04:55,449 --> 00:04:58,559 Arihant Godha, Neha, and Tejas Dinkar, 65 00:04:58,559 --> 00:05:02,039 the guy who spoke about native extensions. 66 00:05:02,039 --> 00:05:08,759 It was not only coding, the whole three months. 67 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:10,759 We had a lot of fun activities, 68 00:05:10,759 --> 00:05:12,729 not only reporting or blogging about the work 69 00:05:12,729 --> 00:05:14,659 we did or the coding we did. 70 00:05:14,659 --> 00:05:15,580 We did have regular interactions, 71 00:05:15,580 --> 00:05:16,779 hang-outs with our mentors, other teams, 72 00:05:16,779 --> 00:05:21,270 and we met a lot of awesome people. 73 00:05:21,270 --> 00:05:28,059 And we got a lot of goodies from all the sponsors. 74 00:05:28,059 --> 00:05:29,669 And Sakshi will tell us more about the project. 75 00:05:29,669 --> 00:05:34,900 S.J.: Yeah, so let's see about what projects did we actually work for. 76 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:40,199 We chose to work for Rails Girls App generator and Diaspora. 77 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:42,309 Initially we thought that we'd be working for Diaspora 78 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:46,379 for the whole three months, but Diaspora is a huge project, 79 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:47,460 and it was really difficult for us, 80 00:05:47,460 --> 00:05:51,240 for us beginners to understand what actually Diaspora is, 81 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,210 and how we should contribute to it. 82 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:57,729 And it requires a lot of knowledge of Rails and other things. 83 00:05:57,729 --> 00:06:03,249 So we chose, we started off with Rails Girls App generator. 84 00:06:03,249 --> 00:06:09,770 This project also included our visits to Rails Girls events in Bangalore and 85 00:06:09,770 --> 00:06:10,460 00:06:09.90?? . 86 00:06:10,460 --> 00:06:14,619 So, what do we actually do in the Rails Girls events 87 00:06:14,619 --> 00:06:17,559 is that we learn more about Rails, 88 00:06:17,559 --> 00:06:22,569 and we get to meet a lot of people and we can meet our coaches, 89 00:06:22,569 --> 00:06:25,960 we can ask any doubt we have in our mind. 90 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:32,449 And also there's a lot of chance to have nice pictures of Friday hug. 91 00:06:32,449 --> 00:06:36,710 So during this project, what we did is- 92 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:41,270 Rails Girls App generator is about adding comments 93 00:06:41,270 --> 00:06:44,360 targeted at Rails Girls students 94 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:49,300 and it removes more complicated stuff 95 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:54,509 like respond-to blocks and JSON stuff in controllers, et cetera. 96 00:06:54,509 --> 00:06:57,919 So this project also includes a 97 00:06:57,919 --> 00:06:58,999 JQ 00:06:58.37 ?? 98 00:06:58,999 --> 00:07:02,169 based website hosted on GitHub pages, 99 00:07:02,169 --> 00:07:09,080 which gives pointers to the guides and other resources - 100 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:15,110 beginners, intermediate, et cetera. 101 00:07:15,110 --> 00:07:19,419 So after finishing off with Rails Girls App generator, 102 00:07:19,419 --> 00:07:23,960 which took us about a month to figure out what exactly has to be done, 103 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:29,589 and we learnt more about Rails, et cetera, then we switched on to Diaspora. 104 00:07:29,589 --> 00:07:36,589 Diaspora is a legacy-aware decentralized social network, 105 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,539 which gives the user whole control of their data. 106 00:07:40,539 --> 00:07:43,229 And it was touted by the media as a Facebook-killer. 107 00:07:43,229 --> 00:07:47,099 So, why is it called as a Facebook-killer? 108 00:07:47,099 --> 00:07:49,449 Because it is completely different 109 00:07:49,449 --> 00:07:55,159 and it gives the user complete freedom and privacy. 110 00:07:55,159 --> 00:08:01,490 So I should not speak much about Diaspora because I haven't contributed to it much. 111 00:08:01,490 --> 00:08:03,029 Let's see- next slide. 112 00:08:03,029 --> 00:08:06,419 Yeah. So before contributing to Diaspora, 113 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:09,270 we had some doubt in our mind as to what exactly 114 00:08:09,270 --> 00:08:11,159 should we know about Diaspora, 115 00:08:11,159 --> 00:08:13,539 and how should we even contribute to it? 116 00:08:13,539 --> 00:08:16,329 So how- should we start reading 117 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:16,330 ?? 00:08:16.29 118 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:17,860 books from starting to end, 119 00:08:17,860 --> 00:08:20,039 or should we start learning all the languages: 120 00:08:20,039 --> 00:08:20,589 Ruby, Javascript, et cetera. 121 00:08:20,589 --> 00:08:25,999 So, this was the answer which was given to us by the Diaspora developer. 122 00:08:25,999 --> 00:08:30,409 He said that, "Never try to learn everything up front, 123 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:36,130 that doesn't work. Better pick upa little task and learn what you need to solve it." 124 00:08:36,130 --> 00:08:38,380 So this, we formed as a principle 125 00:08:38,380 --> 00:08:41,669 and so now we use this concept whenever 126 00:08:41,669 --> 00:08:46,470 we start contributing to any Open Source project. 127 00:08:46,470 --> 00:08:50,319 Also, one important thing that what prior knowledge 128 00:08:50,319 --> 00:08:53,149 should we have before making any contributions. 129 00:08:53,149 --> 00:08:56,399 He said that git workflow is the most important thing, 130 00:08:56,399 --> 00:08:59,420 and learn everything else as you go. 131 00:08:59,420 --> 00:09:04,990 So this is a concept which helps you to save your time. 132 00:09:04,990 --> 00:09:08,990 Just pick up one task and research about it and try to solve it. 133 00:09:08,990 --> 00:09:11,680 If you have less time, that means you should not start 134 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,019 the reading whole of the languages. 135 00:09:15,019 --> 00:09:18,699 It is good if you know everything, but, 136 00:09:18,699 --> 00:09:21,550 if you have less time that means you set about a particular bug, 137 00:09:21,550 --> 00:09:25,399 which you want to fix. 138 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:30,759 So we picked up some issues from Diaspora issue list, 139 00:09:30,759 --> 00:09:35,079 and these were the few issues from the beginner's category, 140 00:09:35,079 --> 00:09:39,069 and these are some of the issues: 141 00:09:39,069 --> 00:09:41,360 Blocking people from the profile page, fix commenting, 142 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:46,329 comment still displayed after a fail posting, et cetera. 143 00:09:46,329 --> 00:09:49,170 So let me explain to you about the blocking feature, 144 00:09:49,170 --> 00:09:53,730 which we introduced into Diaspora. 145 00:09:53,730 --> 00:09:57,459 So as you can see in the image, 146 00:09:57,459 --> 00:10:00,190 first we had to design what, 147 00:10:00,190 --> 00:10:07,190 where should the block icon be placed on the profile page in Diaspora. 148 00:10:07,769 --> 00:10:11,250 So we went through a series of design steps. 149 00:10:11,250 --> 00:10:15,350 As you can see, we had the block in the drop-down, 150 00:10:15,350 --> 00:10:19,220 and then a little finishing was required. 151 00:10:19,220 --> 00:10:25,230 Finally we came down to one design, which was accepted by most of the people. 152 00:10:25,230 --> 00:10:29,730 So through all this we learned about how to communicate 153 00:10:29,730 --> 00:10:34,139 in Open Source projects, what, 154 00:10:34,139 --> 00:10:41,139 how to ask Diaspora developers how do they review, et cetera. 155 00:10:42,690 --> 00:10:47,940 After fixing our design, then we, 156 00:10:47,940 --> 00:10:50,629 what we did was, we had to figure out what exactly, 157 00:10:50,629 --> 00:10:53,209 where exactly the code should be placed. 158 00:10:53,209 --> 00:10:55,560 So we had to figure out which files will be effected. 159 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:58,910 So all this we could do with the help of Diaspora developers. 160 00:10:58,910 --> 00:11:02,639 So, Pallavi, what did we learn? 161 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:08,690 P.S.: Rails, of course, and the Git workflow, 162 00:11:08,690 --> 00:11:14,160 and we had this oh-my-god situations when we had much conflicts. 163 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:19,519 So, how do we branch out? How do we fix it? 164 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:21,250 And then how do we send a poll-request? 165 00:11:21,250 --> 00:11:24,970 And how do developers review it? And how they comment? 166 00:11:24,970 --> 00:11:27,910 The whole Git workflow basically, and working remotely. 167 00:11:27,910 --> 00:11:29,879 So Sakshi's from Ajmer. I'm from Banglore. 168 00:11:29,879 --> 00:11:32,100 So for the first few days, in the beginning, 169 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:34,709 it was difficult for us to communicate. 170 00:11:34,709 --> 00:11:38,050 And also the developers are from Berlin, 171 00:11:38,050 --> 00:11:40,620 and coach is luckily a developer from Banglore. 172 00:11:40,620 --> 00:11:42,060 And most of the time it was through pinging 173 00:11:42,060 --> 00:11:46,160 or email or IRC we could communicate with each other. 174 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,550 And not only fixing the bugs, we also, 175 00:11:49,550 --> 00:11:51,220 it was a test in development. 176 00:11:51,220 --> 00:11:56,300 So we learned a lot about RSPEC or 00:11:53.15?? and all that. 177 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:59,060 S.J.: The impact. 178 00:11:59,060 --> 00:12:06,060 The impact is that we are standing here and speaking in front of you. 179 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:13,079 So the whole Rails Girls Summer of Code journey 180 00:12:13,079 --> 00:12:15,879 had a great impact on our life and career. 181 00:12:15,879 --> 00:12:21,779 So we know, like, what exactly we want to do now, and what is our destination. 182 00:12:21,779 --> 00:12:25,060 Though we still have to learn a lot and, 183 00:12:25,060 --> 00:12:28,660 it made us realize that we too have the capability 184 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:34,370 to implement our ideas and we got to meet a lot of 185 00:12:34,370 --> 00:12:36,209 people from all over the world. 186 00:12:36,209 --> 00:12:39,660 We understood the learning strategy of different people 187 00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:46,660 from different countries. We realized that we too have the, 188 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,550 fortunately we too have the chance to make things, 189 00:12:49,550 --> 00:12:54,750 to change the world and make things better, and happen. 190 00:12:54,750 --> 00:12:58,279 Thank you! 191 00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:01,329 Thank you to the coaches, to the mentors, 192 00:13:01,329 --> 00:13:04,370 to the organizers of Rails Girls Summer of Code journey, 193 00:13:04,370 --> 00:13:06,769 to the Garden City Ruby Conference organizers 194 00:13:06,769 --> 00:13:10,389 for giving us this opportunity to speak here. 195 00:13:10,389 --> 00:13:11,360 Thank you all. 196 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,839 P.S.: Any questions? 197 00:13:13,839 --> 00:13:20,839 V.O.: We do have time for questions, yeah. 198 00:13:23,220 --> 00:13:29,399 QUERANT: Just wanted to say, good job and all the rest. 199 00:13:29,399 --> 00:13:32,279 P.S.: Thank you. 200 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:35,540 Anyone, any questions? 201 00:13:35,540 --> 00:13:40,899 QUERANT: I just want to ask like, what are the 202 00:13:40,899 --> 00:13:41,430 00:13:42.7 ?? 203 00:13:41,430 --> 00:13:45,480 challenges that you faced with this? I see a lot of- 204 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,500 I'm not engend- I'm gonna not engender women, 205 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:50,999 or something like that, but I see a lot of fresher sort you know, 206 00:13:50,999 --> 00:13:52,850 people who are just doing their college 207 00:13:52,850 --> 00:13:55,240 and are finding a real tough time basically 208 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,399 to learn technology and things. 209 00:13:57,399 --> 00:14:00,529 Like how do you break that ice, how did you guys do it in specific? 210 00:14:00,529 --> 00:14:04,139 P.S.: So, we do have that feeling, like, 211 00:14:04,139 --> 00:14:07,199 we felt timid sometimes because we don't have 212 00:14:07,199 --> 00:14:09,999 the required technical skills, but then once we got into it, 213 00:14:09,999 --> 00:14:13,300 we eventually picked up. We slowly picked up. 214 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:16,069 And I think the best thing would be to just, 215 00:14:16,069 --> 00:14:18,029 just don't feel timid, just pick up, 216 00:14:18,029 --> 00:14:19,749 eventually you'll pick up everything. 217 00:14:19,749 --> 00:14:21,920 S.J.: And yeah, the Rails Girls Summer of Code 218 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,170 organizers were so welcoming. 219 00:14:24,170 --> 00:14:26,379 Anything you can ask them on IRC just ping them, 220 00:14:26,379 --> 00:14:28,970 they'll give you an answer, you can research, 221 00:14:28,970 --> 00:14:30,980 you can talk to your coaches. 222 00:14:30,980 --> 00:14:35,230 So that's how we got to learn a lot of things. 223 00:14:35,230 --> 00:14:40,670 QUERANT: OK, so I wanted to ask you, 224 00:14:40,670 --> 00:14:42,230 have you followed up in your college 225 00:14:42,230 --> 00:14:44,920 and have you told them about it? 226 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,870 What steps did you take to make people aware? 227 00:14:47,870 --> 00:14:51,600 Because I did my GSub this summer and I've been trying to do stuff. 228 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,149 So what are you guys doing in college? 229 00:14:54,149 --> 00:14:57,749 P.S.: Yes, we did have a similar talk in college, 230 00:14:57,749 --> 00:15:01,459 we introduced the rest of the girls to this. 231 00:15:01,459 --> 00:15:03,540 And I'm not very sure when it's gonna happen again, 232 00:15:03,540 --> 00:15:10,540 but I make sure some of my juniors will take part. 233 00:15:18,579 --> 00:15:24,259 QUERANT: All right, that's great. 234 00:15:24,259 --> 00:15:25,110 P.S.: OK 235 00:15:25,110 --> 00:15:27,459 QUERANT: Again, I love your confidence. 236 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:29,889 This was a great talk. So my question is, 237 00:15:29,889 --> 00:15:32,699 the learnings that you've had in college, 238 00:15:32,699 --> 00:15:38,629 how much was it applicable in this experience? 239 00:15:38,629 --> 00:15:40,209 The useful stuff? 240 00:15:40,209 --> 00:15:43,730 P.S.: Yeah, we got to know that we didn't learn anything, 241 00:15:43,730 --> 00:15:48,399 and we have to start learning. 242 00:15:48,399 --> 00:15:50,269 S.J.: Exactly. 243 00:15:50,269 --> 00:15:55,889 QUERANT: So, finally, Emacs or Vin?? 244 00:15:55,889 --> 00:16:02,889 P.S.: Yeah, not so much. OK, he has a question. 245 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:08,649 QUERANT: What is the answer by the way? 246 00:16:08,649 --> 00:16:15,649 QUERANT: So that was a good talk. Part of- slightly different question. 247 00:16:20,329 --> 00:16:22,389 What are you personal plans to take this forward, 248 00:16:22,389 --> 00:16:26,089 Rails Girls initiatives and the Rails Girls Summer of Code initiatives? 249 00:16:26,089 --> 00:16:29,790 How you gonna take it forward, because I've seen in the past, 250 00:16:29,790 --> 00:16:32,910 people come up here on stage, get there visibility, 251 00:16:32,910 --> 00:16:37,639 get the limelight, get into the corporate bubble, 252 00:16:37,639 --> 00:16:38,749 and disappear out of this. 253 00:16:38,749 --> 00:16:41,740 S.J.: So we are standing here, that means we're inspiring students. 254 00:16:41,740 --> 00:16:45,399 QUERANT: Right now. What are you all going to do? 255 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:45,660 S.J.: Yeah. 256 00:16:45,660 --> 00:16:46,569 P.S.: OK, we're still contributing to Diaspora, 257 00:16:46,569 --> 00:16:50,949 there are few peers left under review, and now we know, 258 00:16:50,949 --> 00:16:53,870 we have a fair idea of how to contribute to Open Source, 259 00:16:53,870 --> 00:16:55,709 so we'll pick up some other Open Source project. 260 00:16:55,709 --> 00:16:57,029 I tried my hands on 261 00:16:57,029 --> 00:16:57,550 00:16:56.77 ?? 262 00:16:57,550 --> 00:17:01,110 Yeah. Pretty much take it forward that way. 263 00:17:01,110 --> 00:17:02,809 QUERANT: And one request. 264 00:17:02,809 --> 00:17:03,839 Inspire others, please, 265 00:17:03,839 --> 00:17:06,709 other girls especially to get onto the same boat here. 266 00:17:06,709 --> 00:17:07,970 Well done, thanks. 267 00:17:07,970 --> 00:17:10,050 P.S.: Thank you. 268 00:17:10,050 --> 00:17:16,450 So we have a lot of time for questions. 269 00:17:16,450 --> 00:17:18,940 QUERANT: I have a sister, who is going to 270 00:17:18,940 --> 00:17:19,210 00:17:18.20?? 271 00:17:19,210 --> 00:17:22,990 this year. So do you have any statements for 272 00:17:22,990 --> 00:17:28,690 what should I tell her to do or ask her to follow? 273 00:17:28,690 --> 00:17:34,220 P.S.: So basically when we applied, they asked us to show sample codes. 274 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:37,670 So I think, this was not only specific to Ruby on Rails, 275 00:17:37,670 --> 00:17:40,010 any web framework, anything that is related to web. 276 00:17:40,010 --> 00:17:44,220 I mean, there were other teams who were working on JavaScript. 277 00:17:44,220 --> 00:17:49,330 So if she's interesting, ask her to have some sample codes, 278 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:52,010 so that'll help her to get into. 279 00:17:52,010 --> 00:17:56,210 And compared to Google Summer of Code and Ruby Summer of Code, 280 00:17:56,210 --> 00:17:57,340 this wasn't so competitive. 281 00:17:57,340 --> 00:18:01,030 I mean, I think it was the first time. 282 00:18:01,030 --> 00:18:02,430 S.J.: Yeah, it was. 283 00:18:02,430 --> 00:18:04,200 P.S.: And only a few of them knew it. 284 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,030 So it should be easy to get into it. 285 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,020 V.O.: We do have time for more questions. 286 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,880 QUERENT: I don't actually have a question, 287 00:18:23,910 --> 00:18:28,110 but I have a piece of advice. In India, right now, 288 00:18:28,110 --> 00:18:33,830 we have a good amount of Ruby developers male 289 00:18:33,830 --> 00:18:40,270 to which we look forward and we plan to be more helpful, 290 00:18:40,270 --> 00:18:44,770 we get some inspiration from them, but there's no female developers, 291 00:18:44,770 --> 00:18:48,270 as such, where the new community which is coming in to, 292 00:18:48,270 --> 00:18:53,290 they look forward to any female that can inspire them. 293 00:18:53,290 --> 00:19:00,290 So I advise you guys to equally be active in social media, 294 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:07,220 so that it creates a word out of it, and it takes that, 295 00:19:07,220 --> 00:19:09,960 it takes forward from there, onwards. 296 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,930 P.S.: OK. 297 00:19:11,930 --> 00:19:18,930 QUERANT: I like your introduction, but then, you know, 298 00:19:19,420 --> 00:19:22,900 I like the confidence with which you guys are standing there, 299 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:24,600 not that you're girls or guys standing there, 300 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:25,620 but even two guys standing there, 301 00:19:25,620 --> 00:19:27,370 I would have been really happy to see two people 302 00:19:27,370 --> 00:19:29,280 come up there and do the things they're doing. 303 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,410 I think there enough female developers that are kicking ass, 304 00:19:32,410 --> 00:19:37,780 I think, you don't have to look beyond a girl who can kick ass. 305 00:19:37,780 --> 00:19:41,120 But, good job because, it's just the confidence, 306 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:45,120 keep the confidence going, and all the rest. 307 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:51,790 P.S.: OK, thank you. 308 00:19:51,790 --> 00:19:58,460 He has a question. 309 00:19:58,460 --> 00:20:01,250 QUERANT: So a lot of people, including myself, 310 00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:02,780 have a issue with confidence? 311 00:20:02,780 --> 00:20:06,410 But did you did mention that you went through a period of feeling timid. 312 00:20:06,410 --> 00:20:09,870 And I've actually worked with some juniors as well, 313 00:20:09,870 --> 00:20:11,300 and I do see that as a problem. 314 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:14,240 Could you explain a little bit more of how 315 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,810 personally you can overcome your timidness, 316 00:20:17,810 --> 00:20:21,270 or any stress level of learning so many things? 317 00:20:21,270 --> 00:20:25,990 S.J.: So I should thank my parents, I think, 318 00:20:25,990 --> 00:20:32,990 for introducing me into a school which was a kind of a great development... 319 00:20:33,530 --> 00:20:39,790 so, should I name my school? It is Sophia Senior secondary school from Madrid, 320 00:20:39,790 --> 00:20:43,320 and I'm really thankful to my teachers, you know, 321 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:50,320 their encouragement and their support, so I am here today. 322 00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:55,360 QUERANT: Hello. My question is how did you come across Rails Girls 323 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:58,740 in the first place? As in how did you know it was there? 324 00:20:58,740 --> 00:21:02,230 P.S.: OK, so, that's a nice question. 325 00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:06,720 I was a part of an organization called Free Software ?? 326 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,280 So they help students to get into Open Source pro- 327 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,810 I mean, you know, introduce them to Open Source and all that. 328 00:21:12,810 --> 00:21:15,160 So I subscribed to their mailing list 329 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,880 and I happened to see this and I thought OK, 330 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,000 let me try, and then started coding in Ruby 331 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,590 and all that, and then applied for Rails Girls Summer of Code. 332 00:21:24,590 --> 00:21:26,710 And it's the same thing with her, even she came, 333 00:21:26,710 --> 00:21:31,580 she found out about Rails Girls Summer of Code through some mailing list. 334 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:34,910 S.J.: In my career of engineering I, 335 00:21:34,910 --> 00:21:38,370 actually I was searching for some new language to learn about, 336 00:21:38,370 --> 00:21:43,740 so I asked one coach, ??, he told me to start learning Ruby. 337 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:49,350 So I found it easy to understand at first. But though, 338 00:21:49,350 --> 00:21:52,740 when you go in depth of Ruby, it is more complicated. 339 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:57,100 So it requires a lot of practice in implementation. 340 00:21:57,100 --> 00:22:04,100 QUERANT: K, I've got one question for you. 341 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:08,870 So if you had one message to pass on to other women in technology 342 00:22:08,870 --> 00:22:13,620 or other girls who are looking to get into technology, what would that be? 343 00:22:13,620 --> 00:22:20,620 S.J.: That would be that if you want to apply for any program, 344 00:22:20,850 --> 00:22:23,530 just go for it, don't think that 345 00:22:23,530 --> 00:22:25,620 you don't have that much of technical background, 346 00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:29,450 or you don't know these things, that you can't apply. 347 00:22:29,450 --> 00:22:34,610 So it's better to just push yourself and you'll eventually learn. 348 00:22:34,610 --> 00:22:38,750 P.S.: And also like just look for any of these women-centric programs. 349 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:44,240 You know they pay you money. 350 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:51,240 QUERANT: By the way there's also the normal ?? program. 351 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:57,350 P.S.: List of women-centric programs would be, 352 00:22:57,350 --> 00:22:59,100 of course the Google Summer of Code is there, 353 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:03,150 the twenty-four students, and there's ?? outreach program for women and uh, 354 00:23:03,150 --> 00:23:05,960 Ruby Summer of Code, and Rails Girls Summer of Code. 355 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,920 S.J.: And the Next Foundation. 356 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:14,920 P.S.: Yeah, the Next Foundation. Oh, yeah ?? is also there. 357 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:25,080 Thank you all.