Sara Chipps is Starting A Program to Help Women Learn to Become Developers. And That’s Awesome.

I’ve known Sara for a little over a year now. The branding for her personal site, GirlDeveloper.com, is poetic in its simplicity: She’s a girl, and she’s a developer. And she’s not shy about it.

Her very existence sets an example for others.

She’s taking that to a new level now. Starting next week, Sara will be hosting a series of classes for women who want to learn to develop code.

The project is called:

Sara developed the curriculum and structure for these classes, while Ana Hevesi, Vanessa Hurst, and I have helped sort out the basic operations.

This is an early experiment, but a very very exciting one. There is maybe nothing that I respect more than someone who steps up to do something that helps people, and Sara’s doing that big time.

If you or someone you know have been curious about coding and didn’t know where to start (and you’re of the female persuasion), check this thing out, and help Sara make it awesome.

Good people are making good things happen in New York, and I couldn’t be happier.

The first class is Wednesday, July 21st. Get on it!

Learn more at http://girldevelopit.com

Join the Meetup and RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/girldevelopit