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While it's easy to appreciate the intent, there has to be a less backwards way to accomplish it. Maybe run a workshop where the behavior/environment you find o
by dschobel 17y ago
While it's easy to appreciate the intent, there has to be a less backwards way to accomplish it.
Maybe run a workshop where the behavior/environment you find offensive is explicitly verboten?
Post it on the walls: this place is "attitude-free, newbie-safe and mama- friendly" and you'll almost definitely drive away the people you don't want there.
- kenshi 17y agoI don't think that would be as effective as directly marketing an event at a group of people. A group of people who might feel that traditional events in that field were just not welcoming. In fact, I think you'd just end up with a pretty normal tech workshop (male dominated), but without some of the (rare) 'edgier' content that some of the Rails guys seem to relish. Business as normal then.