PDX Girl Geek Dinner

PDX Girl Geek Dinner Definitely Does Compute!! Our goal is to unite & encourage not only current but also future generati The events are varied and the reach vast.

If we start with London, the birth home for the girl geek dinners, they started their life at the Texas Embassy over in Trafalgar Square, and soon decided to move about a bit and have since been found in bars such as Balls Brothers and offices such as Google, Saatchi & Saatchi and Skype. The format of the events is usually an informal, buffet dinner style with finger foods and wine as well as soft

drinks for those who are driving. We have a speaker or three on a subject of choice either based on a technical subject area or business area, or even on women and tech issues (such as mentoring). We keep the events informal and outside of lecture theatres or offices where possible solely to take the women (and the men… oh yes men are allowed to come, however they must have an invitation from a female attending the event!) into an informal and relaxed environment where they feel comfortable talking and interacting. We limit the number of male attendees by putting the balance of men to women in the hands of the attendees. This means that there can be a 50:50 split or anything up to that on the male side. Generally the more men in attendance, the more the dynamics of the event change. It is a learning experience for both the men and the women as men in tech aren’t used to interacting with women in tech on a technical level. Technical women are also not used to being technical with other women either… it’s a learning curve on all sides.

11/14/2016

Hey folks - I am shooting a series of video conversations about diversity in the workplace at the Jaguar Land Rover Incubator next Monday and Tuesday afternoon. The video producer is a super dynam...

03/24/2016
03/24/2016

Melinda Gates explains why getting phones to women should be a global priority.

03/19/2016

It’s no secret that Portland has challenges with regards to diversity. But a recent article about Portland being the worst metropolitan area for women in technology fields brought many of those concerns to the forefront. Unequal pay, poor hiring ratios, discrimination… it was all there. This led OPB…

It's pretty simple pay women more!
03/18/2016

It's pretty simple pay women more!

Pay them as much as men!

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Found these on Twitter and love them!!!
10/02/2015

Found these on Twitter and love them!!!

Be fashionable AND techy with these sweet handmade with LOVE laser cut Geek Girl necklaces! Show the world you are a Geek Girl and you're gonna rule the world! Looks lovely with a tshirt or with a black dress and heels. Believe us - everyone will be asking where you got yours. Designed and cut by Ge…

From client services to code school to developer: Kathryn Brown writes about her first year on the job after Epicodus.
07/17/2015

From client services to code school to developer: Kathryn Brown writes about her first year on the job after Epicodus.

By Kathryn Brown I remember the first moment I wanted to learn to code. I was in a client meeting at a local Portland startup, working with a team of developers to implement a difficult solution on our company’s fledgling SaaS marketing platform. We would have to pull an all nighter together to make…

We love what Jewelbots is doing!!
07/15/2015

We love what Jewelbots is doing!!

Jewelbots is making a wearable that little girls would want to tinker with.

07/14/2015

The dozens of women who are powering New Horizons to a history-making July 14 flyby of Pluto look forward to the day when the conversation about gender becomes irrelevant.

ThoughtWorks uses innovative interviewing and recruiting techniques to attract and retain the company's diverse workforc...
07/14/2015

ThoughtWorks uses innovative interviewing and recruiting techniques to attract and retain the company's diverse workforce.

“We do not just look at education and the typical boxes when meeting a candidate. We look at the whole picture. Their life journey, their curiosity and of course their technical proficiency."

Tomorrow night! Le****ns Who Tech event!
07/08/2015

Tomorrow night! Le****ns Who Tech event!

This event is hosted in conjunction with Slalom, a firm that designs and builds strategies to help their clients solve some of their complex and interesting business challenges. You can learn more about Slalom by visiting https://www.slalom.com/ and also https://slalom.wistia.com/medias/80sonuk9f…

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