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On mothers not coming to hackathons: at Museomix[1] events we have at least 50% of women and many moms. Anecdotally, I clearly remember that at the very first M
by juliendorra 12y ago
On mothers not coming to hackathons: at Museomix[1] events we have at least 50% of women and many moms. Anecdotally, I clearly remember that at the very first Museomix in 2011 Nathalie, a participant, had a 3 months old daughter at home. Her dad was keeping care of her.
Museomix last 3 whole days, is probably beyond the traditional hackathon (in the sense that devs are only a part of the teams. 1/6th to be precise).
I guess the absence of moms is rather a question of general gender imbalance and culture of the event.
[1]http://museomix.org http://museomix.org
- jvvw 12y agoI'm a mother of two young children and was a bit puzzled by the gender issue. Now we are past the breastfeeding stage, my husband is just as capable of looking after our children as me (and when my first was very tiny, I took him to a tech conference and the committee were very helpful and found me somewhere private to feed him). Doing these things at weekends is a hobby and having a family is going to get in the way of that, but don't see that affects women any more than men and it's a decision you make when you decide to have a family.