Django Girls Winter of Code
For last few months we were thinking about building a “Jobs” section on Django Girls website to help Django Girls alumni find their first developer job and create a place where companies that look for junior Django/Python developers can post information about a position. Unfortunately, with all Django Girls events going on, work and other projects we took part in, we had no time to code it on our own.
That is why we decided to ask if any of Django Girls attendees, coaches or supporters is interested in helping us out and we posted a request on our Django Girls group and Twitter.
We couldn’t believe our eyes! 17 people have volunteered to help with the project. We were overwhelmed by the response!
But we had only one project and asking 17 people (most of them beginners) to work on that would be insane. On the other hand wasting this opportunity would be a shame.
And then we come up with and idea of Django Girls Winter of Code! Every person who volunteered is offered a place in one of four teams. Each team has from 1 to 6 members and at least one mentor.
The idea is pretty simple: building real project in Django and helping the Django Girls community to grow bigger! Each team will meet with their mentor at least once a week via hangout/Skype. Mentors will track their progress, make a code review and help them out with any problems they have.
We are super excited about it! It is one big experiment and we are eager to see what will be an outcome.
First Django Girls Winter of Code will run four projects:
Django Story - which will help Anna Ossowski with her awesome Django Story series of interviews. Anna will implement the project on her own with a little bit of help of her mentor: Baptiste Mispelone.
Jobs - place where we can put job offer for Django Girls and information about meet-ups and conferences that our alumni could be interested in. Maria Lowas, Maria Cywińska, Katarzyna Siedlarek and Mikey Ariel will be responsible for this project. Becky Smith will help them as their mentor.
Teams - the whole goal of this project is to give credit to everyone who helped make Django Girls a reality. It’s not just Ola and Ola but at this point the Django Girls is made by HUNDREDS of people. We believe that giving credit and gratitude to people who spend their free time making the world a better place is extremely important. Kinga Kieczkowska, Renata Jamroń and Alba I.Leon are in charge here. Maciej Gryka will mentor them.
Learning Resources - create a space on Django Girls website for learning resources to learn more about Python, Django, HTML and CSS. The team members for this projects are: Yaleesa Borgman and Paulina Grondal. Maria Niţă will be their mentor.
We believe it will be awesome winter this year! Stay tuned! And keep your fingers crossed for our awesome teams!