mariedm

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by mariedm 5y ago
Hi HN! I recently opened registrations for the Women Make 30-Day Challenge. I'm inviting members of the HN community who'd like to ship a project. Everybody is welcome, and there is no competition. This is an opportunity to motiva
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My community dedicated to Women Makers is launching a hackathon(womenmake.com)
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The computers rejecting your job application(bbc.com)
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by mariedm 6y ago
I like the clean UI. Are you planning to add more integrations in the future?
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Women and Leadership: Looking Beyond the Global Health Crisis(nytimes.com)
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The new world needs diverse founders more than ever(sifted.eu)
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by mariedm 6y ago
Hello HN, I’m the person behind Women Make, a community for women founders and makers. In October I organized an online hackathon. Participants had 30 days to build and ship something. 160+ people registered and it resulted in dozens of pro
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A list of what Women Makers shipped in 30 days(womenmake.com)
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Black entrepreneurs receive just 0.24% of capital in the UK(sifted.eu)
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by mariedm 6y ago
Hi HN! 8 months ago I posted on Show HN about a project of mine, a space I built for women entrepreneurs and makers, and received a lot of great feedback [1]. At the time, it helped me to get new members. The community is still growing and
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Women of HN, how about shipping something new in 30 days?(womenmake.com)
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Women and the Future of Media(laetitiaatwork.substack.com)
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How to Find a Remote Job?(womenmake.com)
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Biggest Misconceptions about Coding(medium.com)
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by mariedm 7y ago
I started with a Telegram group so I was relying on an existing infrastructure at first. Then when the community got bigger, I thought we needed a website, as an extension of our private group. I don't think it would have make a lot of
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by mariedm 7y ago
Thank you, I'm using webshot-node (which relies on PhantomJS) but I might actually change. It doesn't always work well. There are different options (like waiting for the website to respond, or waiting for a specific amount of time
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by mariedm 7y ago
"What would that be?", what do you mean by that? What I'm trying to say is that obviously I identify myself better with other women. And I want to be able to find other women entrepreneurs specifically because we face certain
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by mariedm 7y ago
You're welcome to join Women Make and tell me what you think! I'd love to have your feedback about this.
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by mariedm 7y ago
Actually yes. More people and more activity means more moderation. And I think it's the time you realize if your foundations are strong enough. Moderation really is everything, and it's a lot of work to make people understand what
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by mariedm 7y ago
I'm not English native so copywriting suggestions are more than welcome. How would you have said it?
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by mariedm 7y ago
Not only Women Make is open to all women, but it's open to everyone. So trans women are more than welcome. Since you're asking this question, maybe I should make it more clear.
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by mariedm 7y ago
Does this comment I posted earlier answers your question? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22128957
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by mariedm 7y ago
I think we are working on different ideas. Women Make is more focused on entrepreneurs and makers, whereas they are more into tech career advice (maybe like a LinkedIn for women). Also, Women Make is an indie project.
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by mariedm 7y ago
I'm not sure it's really specific to the sex or gender. My personal opinion is that society and education have a huge effect on how we behave and are perceived, depending on your sex. So yes, in a way it makes you closer to people
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by mariedm 7y ago
Building a community takes a lot of time and energy, and even with that it doesn't necessarily works.
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by mariedm 7y ago
Just the fact that StackOverflow have been accused of not being inclusive at all is enough to create something else. They also have moderation issues. I’m trying to keep a high quality standard on Women Make, just like dang and sctb here wi
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by mariedm 7y ago
Thank you. And you're right. I implemented this popup and wanted to change the timing because I also think it's too fast to appear. I just didn't take care of it yet.
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by mariedm 7y ago
Like I said the first reason why I created Women Make is because I couldn’t find fellow women makers. There are several reasons for this: women are less visible in general, and also tend to less promote themselves. Gathering us is an opport
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by mariedm 7y ago
Thank you very much, that's really the idea behind Women Make and it seems to be working pretty well so far.
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by mariedm 7y ago
Thank you, but I think dev.to is built with ruby.

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