《环球时报》专访Rails Girls ：程序媛，女性力新战场

“近日，中国第二大英文报纸 Global Times（《环球时报》）对Rails Girls China的组织者文洋和Rails Girls Beijing'5th workshop 的教练——来自ThoughtWorks 的 Loic进行了一次采访。 Global Times 希望通过Rails Girls这样的平台了解中国国内女性在 STEM 的境况，也希望通过报道这样的公益活动，号召更多人加入支持这样的活动。

>>>>什么是Rails Girls？

Rails Girls项目是一个免费的公益活动，该项目为女性提供为时1天的Web开发入门工作坊。工作坊为女性提供工具，帮助她们更好地认识编程艺术，掌握Ruby on Rails技术，并在最快的时间内实施自己的想法。Rails Girls项目起源于芬兰，到目前为止，Rails Girls 已经在全球很多国家成功地组织了工作坊。

>>>>ThoughtWorks与Rails Girls的渊源

▷▷全球CTO是女性

没错，就是这样一家世界领先的IT咨询公司的CTO是一位女性。

“打算从事此领域工作的女性仍然自认有点奇怪，或者认为男性可能无法接受她们。我们需要改变这种状况。”——ThoughtWorks CTO Rebecca Parsons

▷▷连续多年成为Rails Girls的Partner

从2012年Rails Girls来到中国，ThoughtWorks就在全国范围内给予Rails Girls最大的支持，从最早期的北京（2012年），到2013年的四地同步，再到2014年西安Rails Girls，最后到今年的七城连连看，ThoughtWorks与Rails Girls携手并进。

Loic参加Rails Girls

▷▷连续多年世界多地Rails Girls的Partner

除了中国，ThoughtWorks在新加坡、巴西等多地与Rails Girls一起推广Rails Girls。在Instagram上搜索“ThoughtWorks”或者“Rails Girls” 都能看到。

▷▷校招男女比例一比一

ThoughtWorks在进入中国十年来，连续十年在北京、西安、成都、武汉举办校招。我们严格按照男女比例一比一的要求进行招聘，目前ThoughtWorks男女比例高达33%，女程序员的天堂，没有之一。

>>>>《环球时报》原文节选

"Rails Girls China is a non-profit organization. We need more professional women to volunteer and help Rails Girls China become stronger. With more volunteers, a greater number of Chinese girls will get access to learning how to code." Frenchman Le Henaff Loic, 28, who works for the Beijing office of ThoughtWorks, a software design and consulting company that advocates for social change through technology, was one of the coaches. During the workshop, women worked in groups of three or four and were guided by a coach as they learned how to build a Web application. "There is a huge misconception that IT is mainly for guys, which is obviously wrong. Rails Girls tries to change this idea by enabling women to code. The point of the workshop is to let people do and build something," Le Henaff said. By building your own application, coaches delivered the concept that software development is not rocket science but something anyone can do if they choose to. "If you have a logical mind, and, more than everything else, are motivated and curious, then you can go," said Le Henaff.

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