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(Gwyneth De Guia) Girls don’t leave STEM once; they leave three times. First, in primary school when “I’m bad at maths” becomes a personality. Second, in high school when they drop senior tech for “something more cool.” Third, in first‑year engineering when the boyish culture and difficulty finally wear them down. I’m a mechatronics engineer who is terrified of coding and still somehow convinces girls to give it a chance. By being openly honest about my fear, connecting code to real hobbies, and normalising failure out loud, I turn anxiety into curiosity - and keep more girls in the room.
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/CGG8LN/
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Fri Aug 28 11:30:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 1
(Gwyneth De Guia) Girls don’t leave STEM once; they leave three times. First, in primary school when “I’m bad at maths” becomes a personality. Second, in high school when they drop senior tech for “something more cool.” Third, in first‑year engineering when the boyish culture and difficulty finally wear them down. I’m a mechatronics engineer who is terrified of coding and still somehow convinces girls to give it a chance. By being openly honest about my fear, connecting code to real hobbies, and normalising failure out loud, I turn anxiety into curiosity - and keep more girls in the room.
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/CGG8LN/
python, pycon, australia, programming, conference, technical, developers, panel, sessions, libraries, frameworks, community, sysadmins, students, education, data, science
Videos licensed as CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
PyCon AU is the national conference for the Python programming community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers, sysadmins and operations folk, students, educators, scientists, statisticians, and many others besides, all with a love for working with Python.
Licensed as CC BY-NC-SA - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Produced by Next Day Video Australia: https://nextdayvideo.com.au
Fri Aug 28 11:30:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 1
