Diversity and Inclusion Scholarships available at PyBay2019
Diversity. Inclusion. These words are being used everywhere for a very good reason. They carry so much weight it’s impossible to ignore, especially in our very own tech hub, Silicon Valley.
At PyBay, we value the diversity of opinion and have assembled a speaker line-up that includes ~33% from under-represented group and ~29% from other parts of US, Canada and around the world — as far as England, Poland, Israel and Brazil. We are also offering scholarships for students and under-represented groups to attend.
Leading the way to provide these scholarships are
Microsoft is a large a diverse company who offers many different services and software such as Visual Studio, a free, cross-platform, open source code editor. With a little configuration it can also be so much more. Use extensions to extend the editor. Adding support for a wide range of languages including Python. It has Jupyter Cell Debugging that allow you to work with Jupyter notebooks with ease. Live Share Live Share allows for simple and pain free collaboration with teams both local and remote.
To learn more visit here.
Sauce Labs provides an inclusive workforce culture and is the proud recipient of the 2019 Comparably Award for ‘Best CEO for Diversity.’ Sauce supports the open source community and is the industry leader in continuous testing. Our cloud-based platform helps developers test native & hybrid mobile and web applications across thousands of browser / OS combinations and real devices. We offer value extensions like Sauce Headless and Sauce Performance to enhance developer productivity. In addition, we provide built-in video recording and screenshots of every test case, debugging tools, and advanced analytics. Get started with a free trial here. We’re hiring!
We also have speakers and individuals who have donated to our scholarship funds!
If you are interested in attending and need financial help to attend
Please apply for Full or partial scholarships. Our first round of award will go out the evening of Sunday 7/21!
If you are interested in supporting our Diversity and Inclusion efforts in any way, you can:
Contribute as an Individual
- Encourage Python developers, especially those from under-represented groups to attend PyBay
- Make a donation when you purchase ticket or donate here (every dime counts!)
Become a Diversity Sponsor — more details here: https://pybay.com/sponsors-prospectus/
Regardless of your participation in diversity and inclusion, we look forward to seeing you this August 15–18! Get your pass while they last!
Meanwhile, please help me thank our awesome speakers, volunteers, D&I sponsors and individual supporters. Our 4th Annual PyBay is made possible because of them!
