Inspiration
We created SheEarns because we believe the gender pay gap is a problem fueled by inaccessibility to information. It is only through transparency that we can create an inclusive and just workplace for all.
We have created a platform that is unique in its focus on helping women search for companies that understand the importance of equal pay, workplace resources and training tools. Perhaps more importantly, avoid workplaces where women coworkers progress in promotions more slowly and earn significantly less than their male counterparts in the same position. We realize this gap is multifaceted and contains many biases, so we added additional resources and mentor groups to build a community ready to fight for more.
What it does
SheEarns takes data from publically available data sets and focuses its insights on gender disparities.
How we built it
We wanted to properly simulate a professional work environment so we started with a deep understanding of the problem with proper user stories that led to feature creation and prioritization of those features. After prioritization, we separated the workload into small chunks with a focus on what we were most interested to learn more about and grow.
We then created an agile approach to creation that involved many MVPs (minimal viable product) where we would constantly test the validity of our approach through small iterative builds that we could then continue until the creation you have now.
We created a React app using Flask API to connect Python backend to React.js frontend. We then used Python to parse .csv files.
Challenges we ran into
Utilizing a backend with Python and Flask provided a lot of opportunities to learn. In addition, we created this web application in React and for our very first React project, we are proud of the struggles we overcame.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Learning new areas of development and completely new languages and frameworks that we now feel we could confidently continue creating for our own projects.
And creating something that we are passionate about continuing because we truly believe it would make a difference.
What we learned
Having a big idea of changing the world can feel so overwhelming at the onset. But breaking the problem up into chunks and then tackling each and every one while stopping for group learning opportunities created a great environment for learning and a great product.
What's next for SheEarns
We would like to continue growing the data set we built the foundation for and also continue the work on our learning platform by creating some of our own content and providing interviews with leaders in the field.
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