Status 13.01.2022
I have decided to try my hand at making a small short film to present my project.
Today I wrote the first draft of the script - which was easier than expected.
Drehbuch Women who code - Version 1.pdf (80,61 kb)
Before I'll be sending out interview invitations I have to write some good questions for the interviews, in order to get the answers I want. After that I will be sending out the invitations. In addition I am planning to start filming some parts next week.
I sit down once a week by myself (since I am doing the project by myself) for half an hour and work on my project - like I did today.
Status 7.1.22
I still need to figure out how I want to present the end results, my options are either a podcast or a short film.
Since I am interested in filming and video production in general (besided already having photography as a side job), I am leaning more towards the short film. Either way I need to come up with a short script and structure. I still need to get ahold of my aunt, to scedule an interview. The different time zones make it a bit difficult.
My to do's at the moment are:
- Decide between short film and podcast
- Write a script
- Scedule an interview w/aunt
- Scedule more interviews and further planning: who do I want to also talk to?
- Lecturers who teach computer science
- IT specialists
- Women in the industry
In the main focus we will look at how many women actually program and talk about the increasing number of women who are starting to program in emerging countries. Maybe there are more women than expected, there just aren't enough people talking about it yet. I will be able to reach others with the project and motivate one or the other person to be interested in a technical profession.
In the distant future, I imagine that more women will program and that the distinction between "women's job" and "men's job" no longer exist, maybe it won't be important at all wether you are male or female (or anything in between). Young adults are increasingly encouraged to do what makes them happy. Outdated gender concepts will not even be passed onto children in the future.
My goal is a collaboration across the United States and India / the middle east.
Since the project is about women who code/living as a digital nomad, I will defenitley contact my aunt, Eileen Brewer.
Maybe it would be interesting to chat with one of her students on how coding has changed their life.
I will simply text my aunt via Whatsapp and ask for a zoom meeting, so I can interview her.
I doubt that it would be possible to meet her in person (thanks to covid).
How do you change the world? One code at a time.
I grew up with a lot of aunts around me. On my father's side I have 4 aunts, one of whom I look up to in particular.
Her Name is Eileen Brewer. She has traveled the world giving women in emerging markets a valuable toolkit by teaching them how to program. I will focus my upcoming project on her.
