Laracon EU 2014
28 - 30 Aug 2014
at Bimhuis
Talk comments
Got some mixed feelings about this talk.
I agree with encouraging girls who show an interest in programming, technology and science to let them pursue a career in the field.
She did mention that our culture somehow discourages this when girls get older. I'd love to see an official study about this.
Agree also that it's important to have more diversity in the community and get other POVs.
What I didn't like was all the 'I have bipolar disorder', 'I suffer from depression', 'I get mean messages on twitter and they keep me awake at night', ... and a some other things. We all have our problems, I don't go mentioning it in public and use it as some sort of excuse. Go make something, build a project that shows off all your skills, ... Do you think any 'minority' will be discriminated when showing competence in that way? If your daughter is interested in programming, teach her how to be a good programmer. She will not be discriminated if she's good. All it takes is 1 project or a portfolio that speaks for itself. I know very competent female programmers, and would never discriminate anyone for their gender, race or anything else. If you want to bring awareness about women discrimination in the IT field or you want to 'convert' the people who believe women are inferior developers, do a presentation with the same amount of in-depth knowledge as the speaker that followed you. That will make a much stronger statement.
Great and easy to follow talk. I think everyone can and will benefit and learn from it. Even if someone is only looking for a good kitchenknife.
Very inspiring. My advice to you would be: you should keep going, please.
Combination of useful and very interesting stuff. Good job!
Mind blown
Socialize, i can't wait.
A good talk!
Enjoyed this talk and (re)learned to think differently about development. We are all used so much to our OO concepts and best practice design patterns, that our view can become tunneled. I've read an earlier edition of 'the little schemer' a long time ago - a lisp dialect highly recommended to broaden and sometimes bend your mind. Even if you will never use Lisp in the future, this book is still worth reading. This talk was still relevant I think, but talking down on php at a php conference could have been handled more subtle :))