# 68: Dancing With Hundreds Of Women

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2014-09-17
- Length: 1h 02m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/embedded-ep68mp3

## Summary

Angie Chang, Director of Growth at Hackbright Academy and founder of Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners, discusses her career pivoting from engineering to community building and her current work scaling an engineering school for women. She details the structure of Hackbright's 3-month intensive Python curriculum, its 90% placement rate, and the upcoming hardware hackathon featuring kits from SparkFun and Electric Imp. Chang also reflects on the challenges of networking, the growth of Girl Geek Dinners, and strategies for increasing women's representation in tech through both education and corporate hiring practices.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women#t=6) Introduction: Angie Chang and Hackbright Academy
- [0:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women#t=55) History of Women 2.0 and Girl Geek Dinners
- [10:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women#t=644) Hackbright Academy Curriculum and Mentorship
- [16:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women#t=1009) Career Outcomes and Corporate Partnerships
- [23:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women#t=1400) Upcoming Hardware Hackathon Details
- [32:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women#t=1942) Networking Strategies and Girl Geek Dinners Growth
- [50:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-09-17-68-dancing-with-hundreds-of-women#t=3000) Future of Hackbright and Women in Tech

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Hackbright Academy (company)
- Girl Geek Dinners (product)
- Women 2.0 (company)
- SparkFun (company)
- Electric Imp (company)
- Arduino (product)
- Facebook (company)
- Google (company)
- Survey Monkey (company)
- Grace Hopper Conference (other)
- Skybox Imaging (company)
- Indiegogo (company)
- Pandora (company)
- Tesla (company)
- Codecademy (company)
- Coursera (company)

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