{"id":2009,"date":"2021-03-31T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T12:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2021-04-11T19:19:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:19:21","slug":"making-it-as-a-woman-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2021\/03\/31\/making-it-as-a-woman-in-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Making it as a woman in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo courtesy of Nanna Bach Munkholm.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Did you celebrate kvindedagen<\/strong> (Women\u2019s Day) on March 8th<\/span>? This year, many people decided to turn all of marts<\/strong> (March) into a kvindem\u00e5ned<\/strong> (Women\u2019s Month) to highlight women\u2019s achievements and ongoing struggle around verden<\/strong> (the world). For this month\u2019s post my idea was to interview en dansk kvinde i et mandsdomineret milj\u00f8<\/strong> (a Danish woman in a male-dominated environment). Here\u2019s what Nanna told me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hvem er du og hvad laver du? <\/strong>(Who\u2019re you and what are you working at?)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Jeg hedder Nanna Bach Munkholm.<\/strong> So far I\u2019ve founded two virksomheder<\/strong> (businesses). I started my first firm 6 years ago, when I made h\u00e5ndlavede tasker<\/strong> (handmade handbags). It was a more kvindedomineret<\/strong> (female-dominated) universe\u2026 But all of a sudden I was introduced to the world of tech during my studies to become a bygningsingeni\u00f8r<\/strong> (constructional engineer). I became a part of Startup Factory, which is a place for students who\u2019d like to be iv\u00e6rks\u00e6ttere<\/strong> (entrepreneurs). All the others were men\u2026 There were people making apps and VR games, which fascinated me a lot. Suddenly I realised that I could obtain the tools to make something more teknisk <\/strong>(technical). So I started my business DecorRaid, which is a kind of Tinder hvor man swiper m\u00f8bler<\/strong> (where you swipe furniture). I had an app<\/strong> to make.<\/p>\n

Swiper m\u00f8bler?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 You\u2019re introduced to a produkt<\/strong> and then you swipe right or left depending on whether you like the product or ej <\/strong>(not)\u2026 Jeg har lavet en algoritme <\/strong>(I\u2019ve made an algorithm) that gradually gets to know din stil <\/strong>(your style).<\/p>\n

My co-founder and I knew nothing about coding. So I started learning it myself. In that way I was able to enter this very male-dominated verden<\/strong> (world). Here it may sometimes be a fordel<\/strong> (advantage) at v\u00e6re kvinde<\/strong> (to be a woman), because they were very kind to help and support me. I got et stort netv\u00e6rk<\/strong> (a big network) of udviklere <\/strong>(developers), which helped me improve my skills even more.<\/p>\n

Hvordan l\u00e6rte du s\u00e5 at programmere?\u00a0<\/strong>(So how did you learn how to program?)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 I asked the people around me\u2026 My neighbour had been studying Python and had en bog<\/strong> (a book) which I started working through\u2026 Everything was focused on DecorRaid and the problem in front of us. In that way I was able to indskr\u00e6nke omr\u00e5det<\/strong> (narrow down the field) \u2013 otherwise it will overwhelm you.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m in the process of closing DecorRaid and starting full time as Head of AI and Development at the company Farmbrella. I\u2019m going to lead their research department\u2026 Det er stort at de f\u00e5r en kvindelig udvikler\u2026<\/strong> (It\u2019s a big thing that they get a female developer.) I feel that they really want to push me forward as a kind of rollemodel<\/strong> (role model).<\/p>\n

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(Illustration by Legobibel<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a>; no copyright.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Hvad kan du bedst lide ved at programmere? <\/strong>(What do you like best about programming?)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 I\u2019m driven by a creative urge\u2026 You see something, you have some elementer<\/strong>, and then you put them together to something new, be it a knap p\u00e5 en hjemmeside<\/strong> (a button on a homepage) or a handbag \u2013 for me it\u2019s very much the same thing. As it is for the engineer who creates a hus<\/strong> (house).<\/p>\n

Hvad skal til for at flere kvinder v\u00e6lger at programmere? <\/strong>(What would motivate more women to become programmers?)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 I think it\u2019s all about rollemodeller<\/strong>. You need to see others doing it, others who look like you. When I started in Startup Factory, there were kun m\u00e6nd<\/strong> (only men)\u2026 I doubted a lot if I could learn it \u2013 maybe also because nobody looked like me. They were n\u00f8rdede typer<\/strong> (nerdy guys). I really think it\u2019s about finding somebody who can show you it\u2019s possible and that it doesn\u2019t require you to be vildt n\u00f8rdet <\/strong>(wildly geeky). \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

When coding, I use many of my creative kompetencer<\/strong> (skills). It does take en logisk forst\u00e5else<\/strong> (a logical understanding), but not so much matematik<\/strong> as many think. Programmering<\/strong> (programming) means a lot of different things; it depends on what you choose.<\/p>\n

I take part in DigiPippi, a project for piger i folkeskolen<\/strong> (girls in primary school) where we teach them about technology and coding. Der er jeg rollemodel.<\/strong> (There I am a role model.) They go through various courses where they get erfaring <\/strong>(experience) and try to create something som de forst\u00e5r<\/strong> (that they understand) and that they find sjovt<\/strong> (fun). We try to catch them from the start.<\/p>\n

Hvad motiverer dig? <\/strong>(What motivates you?)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Creating something and seeing what it may turn into\u2026 People told me I couldn\u2019t become a constructional engineer, as it was a mandefag<\/strong> (men\u2019s subject)\u2026 For me it\u2019s all about figuring out that you CAN do all of these things, and then to keep challenging yourself until you discover that man kan komme l\u00e6ngere end man troede<\/strong> (you can come further than you thought). With regard to the handbags, it stopped \u2013 eventually there weren\u2019t enough udfordringer<\/strong> (challenges) for me. Programming is such a huge universe that it keeps challenging me hele tiden<\/strong> (all the time).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Did you celebrate kvindedagen (Women\u2019s Day) on March 8th? This year, many people decided to turn all of marts (March) into a kvindem\u00e5ned (Women\u2019s Month) to highlight women\u2019s achievements and ongoing struggle around verden (the world). For this month\u2019s post my idea was to interview en dansk kvinde i et mandsdomineret milj\u00f8 (a Danish woman…<\/p>\n

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