What we're about

Join us by attending a WWCode event or signing up at www.womenwhocode.com.
Women Who Code is the largest and most active community of engineers dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. We envision a world where women are representative as technical executives, founders, VCs, board members, and software engineers. Our programs are designed to get you there.
Who should join?
Our community is for professional women in technology careers, including software engineers, developers, UX/UI designers, data scientists and more. Current and aspiring coders are welcome. Bring your laptop and a friend!
What to expect?
Our events offer free hands on technical events, study groups, panel discussions, lightning talks, and keynotes featuring influential tech industry experts, innovators, and investors. We help you build the skills you need to raise your professional profile and achieve greater career success.
Support us:
WWCode relies on donations to support this catalytic movement. Funding directly impacts our ability to deliver programs and expand to more cities, ensuring that even more women have the opportunity to excel in tech careers. womenwhocode.com/donate
Share a Job with our Community:
Post your jobs on the Women Who Code Job Board and hire from our exclusive community of technical professionals. Get started at womenwhocode.com/companies.
Code of Conduct:
WWCode is an inclusive community, dedicated to providing an empowering experience for everyone who participates in or supports our community, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, socioeconomic status, caste, creed, political affiliation, or preferred programming language(s). Our events are intended to inspire women to excel in technology careers, and anyone who is there for this purpose is welcome. We do not tolerate harassment of members in any form.
Our Code of Conduct applies to all WWCode events and online communities. Read the full version and access our incident report form at www.womenwhocode.com/codeofconduct
Terms of Service:
Everyone who participates in our community agrees to abide by our Terms of Service. Read it at www.womenwhocode.com/tos
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Twitter: twitter.com/wwcsf
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Twitter: twitter.com/womenwhocode 
Code Review: bit.ly/WWCodeReview  
Github: github.com/orgs/WomenWhoCode 
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Upcoming events (4+)

Hack Night with WWCode SF!

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Hi WWCoders!

Do you want support with your personal projects? Do you have an interest in sharing or getting feedback on a project or demo? Or maybe you’re interested in dedicating some time to study with other members of WWCode?

If you’re having trouble getting motivated and staying motivated to actually spend time on these projects.. WWCode, San Francisco is here for you. Let’s hack on our respective personal projects and study together!

Slack | wwcode.slack.com
Channel | #sf-hack-night

This event will be held remotely via Zoom. When you RSVP, the Zoom link will be available on this meetup page. Individuals who are on the waitlist will not see the zoom link.

Event Lead: Anjali Bajaj
Breakout Room Helper: Nancy Luu

Agenda:
6:00pm PST: Introductions (15 min)
6:15pm PST: Hack away, using Zoom breakout rooms (1 hr)
7:15pm PST: Stand up over another group call on Zoom, to each share what we accomplished and our respective next steps. Share contact info if we want to support each other in-between hack nights! (15 min)
7:30pm PST: End of event

*Events will have zoom breakout rooms to act as social, quiet, and troubleshooting rooms.

Are you interested in volunteering, mentoring, or hosting events for Women Who Code, SF? Message Michelle Macaraeg on Meetup or Slack for more details.

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Women Who Code (WWCode) is dedicated to providing an empowering experience for everyone who participates in or supports our community. Our events are intended to inspire women to excel in technology careers, and anyone who is there for this purpose is welcome. Because we value the safety and security of our members and strive to have an inclusive community, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form. This Code of Conduct was created to clearly define what we mean by a harassment-free experience so that our community and those who support it are clear about our intent and have access to procedures for addressing issues, should they arise.

Please read and abide by our Code of Conduct (https://github.com/WomenWhoCode/guidelines-resources/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md)

WWCode SF Backend Study Group

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NOTE:

  1. In order to encourage attendance and interaction, these sessions will no longer be recorded. This was our policy before the pandemic, to encourage people to attend our events and provide the speaker with an engaged audience. Because the world is re-opening and we have seen attendance drop significantly, we have decided to return to our no-recordings policy for this series.
  2. Please come prepared with questions! We want to try to make these sessions more interactive. Since we are not recording we hope everyone feels more comfortable sharing their questions and interacting during the session.

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AGENDA:

The general format for this series is a 30-45 min. Presentation/demo (optionally), followed by up to 15-30 min. of Q&A.
This session is scheduled for 1 hour.

Database Design.
Topics:

  • What is a Database?
  • Relational vs. Non-relational Database.
  • Data structure and modeling.
  • Design Practices.
  • Example and Demo (in SQL for Relational data).
  • Q & A and open discussion.

About the host,

  • Prachi Shah is a Director & Instructor at WWCode San Francisco, a Sr. Software Engineer and Technical Leader with 11+ years of professional experience. Her main focus has been Product Engineering for the past 8 years, with strong experience in Platform Engineering & Data Modeling.
    The following topics interest here: Software Engineering, Leadership, Startups, Product Engineering, Women in Technology, Interview Preparation, Mentorship and Volunteering.
    Connect with her: https://superpeer.com/prachis
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prachisshah/

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ABOUT WWCode:

Women Who Code (WWCode) is dedicated to providing an empowering experience for everyone who participates in or supports our community. Our events are intended to inspire women to excel in technology careers, and anyone who is there for this purpose is welcome. Because we value the safety and security of our members and strive to have an inclusive community, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form. This Code of Conduct was created to clearly define what we mean by a harassment-free experience so that our community and those who support it are clear about our intent and have access to procedures for addressing issues, should they arise.

Please read and abide by our Code of Conduct (https://github.com/WomenWhoCode/guidelines-resources/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md)

Check out the following helpful links:

WWCode SF Backend Study Group

Link visible for attendees

NOTE:

  1. In order to encourage attendance and interaction, these sessions will no longer be recorded. This was our policy before the pandemic, to encourage people to attend our events and provide the speaker with an engaged audience. Because the world is re-opening and we have seen attendance drop significantly, we have decided to return to our no-recordings policy for this series.
  2. Please come prepared with questions! We want to try to make these sessions more interactive. Since we are not recording we hope everyone feels more comfortable sharing their questions and interacting during the session.

***

AGENDA:

The general format for this series is a 30-45 min. Presentation/demo (optionally), followed by up to 15-30 min. of Q&A.
This session is scheduled for 1 hour.

Improve your code debugging skills.
Topics:

  • What is code debugging?
  • Why is debugging an important skill?
  • Example and live code debugging demo (in Java).
  • Q & A and open discussion.

About the host,

  • Prachi Shah is a Director & Instructor at WWCode San Francisco, a Sr. Software Engineer and Technical Leader with 11+ years of professional experience. Her main focus has been Product Engineering for the past 8 years, with strong experience in Platform Engineering & Data Modeling.
    The following topics interest here: Software Engineering, Leadership, Startups, Product Engineering, Women in Technology, Interview Preparation, Mentorship and Volunteering.
    Connect with her: https://superpeer.com/prachis
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prachisshah/

***

ABOUT WWCode:

Women Who Code (WWCode) is dedicated to providing an empowering experience for everyone who participates in or supports our community. Our events are intended to inspire women to excel in technology careers, and anyone who is there for this purpose is welcome. Because we value the safety and security of our members and strive to have an inclusive community, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form. This Code of Conduct was created to clearly define what we mean by a harassment-free experience so that our community and those who support it are clear about our intent and have access to procedures for addressing issues, should they arise.

Please read and abide by our Code of Conduct (https://github.com/WomenWhoCode/guidelines-resources/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md)

Check out the following helpful links:

Hack Night with WWCode SF!

Link visible for attendees

Hi WWCoders!

Do you want support with your personal projects? Do you have an interest in sharing or getting feedback on a project or demo? Or maybe you’re interested in dedicating some time to study with other members of WWCode?

If you’re having trouble getting motivated and staying motivated to actually spend time on these projects.. WWCode, San Francisco is here for you. Let’s hack on our respective personal projects and study together!

Slack | wwcode.slack.com
Channel | #sf-hack-night

This event will be held remotely via Zoom. When you RSVP, the Zoom link will be available on this meetup page. Individuals who are on the waitlist will not see the zoom link.

Event Lead: Jasmin Carter
Breakout Room Helper: Emma Malysz

Agenda:
6:00pm PST: Introductions (15 min)
6:15pm PST: Hack away, using Zoom breakout rooms (1 hr)
7:15pm PST: Stand up over another group call on Zoom, to each share what we accomplished and our respective next steps. Share contact info if we want to support each other in-between hack nights! (15 min)
7:30pm PST: End of event

*Events will have zoom breakout rooms to act as social, quiet, and troubleshooting rooms.

Are you interested in volunteering, mentoring, or hosting events for Women Who Code, SF? Message Michelle Macaraeg on Meetup or Slack for more details.

***

Women Who Code (WWCode) is dedicated to providing an empowering experience for everyone who participates in or supports our community. Our events are intended to inspire women to excel in technology careers, and anyone who is there for this purpose is welcome. Because we value the safety and security of our members and strive to have an inclusive community, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form. This Code of Conduct was created to clearly define what we mean by a harassment-free experience so that our community and those who support it are clear about our intent and have access to procedures for addressing issues, should they arise.

Please read and abide by our Code of Conduct (https://github.com/WomenWhoCode/guidelines-resources/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md)

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