[Events] Open source career taster days in London, May 13, 20, & 28

[Larissa Shapiro]

This sounds awesome. Will put the word out!!!

Sent from my smartphone, please forgive warbling and static.

On May 6, 2013, at 18:29, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/50183
> 
> "A series of three one day workshops for women returners aimed at
> raising awareness of Open Source development as a dual skillset or
> second career."
> 
> Cost: £10 plus VAT @ 20%, per day, to include lunch and refreshments.
> 
> "The course will aim to build awareness and confidence and help women
> take some first steps either towards learning to code or to update
> existing skills and to learn how they might contribute to Open Source
> projects. It will aim to raise awareness of self-training opportunities
> and of Open Source career paths and entry points."
> 
> Flossie & Fossbox are copresenting this.  Topics include "Introduction
> to FLOSS culture and licensing models," introductions to Git and Python,
> and:
> 
> "How are Open Source projects organised? Brief overview of development
> roles (feedback, support, bug reporting, new feature requests,
> writing/updating software/creating artwork/documentation/translation).
> Introduction to development methods: test driven, agile"
> 
> Promising!  Please spread the word to women in England whom you know?
> -- 
> Sumana Harihareswara
> Engineering Community Manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
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