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Code Like A Girl

Sean Yo
April 12, 2017

Code Like A Girl

Slides from a talk I presented to 100+ Grade 7 & 8 female students at Grand River Collegiate, the high school I attended, on Women in Technology and STEM participation.

Sean Yo

April 12, 2017
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  1. HI! I’M SEAN. • I work in technology • I

    got my first computer in 1988 • I built my first web page in 1996 • I got my first email address in 1998 • I am diversity advocate and champion • I’m especially interested in digital accessibility and women in technology • I teach Web Foundations at Conestoga • I’ve travelled to Kathmandu and Indonesia to train web development to not for profits • I have co-founded Hackademy and Hive Waterloo Region • I receive 40 under 40 for my work in building online communities • I was in Ms. Watters’ wedding party and she’s the godmother of my daughters
  2. WHY AM I HERE? • I’m also the co-editor of

    Code Like A Girl • We are a publication on Medium.com • Almost 19k subscribers and now in the Medium top 100 • We celebrate the changing perceptions of women in technology • I recently wrote an article “Will you Help Us Build Our Community” • I went to Grand River – GO RENS
  3. THE BRAVE NEW DIGITAL WORLD • Mitchell Baker, Chair of

    Mozilla Foundation • Elegant Consumers • Joyful Creator
  4. MOLLY HOLZSHLAG • This is my friend Molly • Fairy

    Godmother of the Web • Champion of the Open Web • Written 35+ books on the web • Invited Expert @ W3C • Worked with Microsoft, AOL, eBay, BBC and many more
  5. CARMEN ZANNIER • This is my friend Carmen • PHd

    in CompSci – Agile Software Development • Dev Manager at a global software company • Specializes in Data & Analytics • Oh – and she climbs mountains
  6. MYSELF AND ALL THE OTHER GIRLS IN MY PHYSICS DEGREE

    COURSE THROWING OUR HATS IN THE AIR FOR OUR GRADUATION