Google is offering vouchers to any women and minorities interested in learning how to code, CNET's Seth Rosenblatt reports.
In a blog post from Gregg Pollack, CEO of the Code School, Google is paying for three free months for any women and minorities interested in tech to expand their skills. The offer is part of Google's $50 million "Made With Code" initiative, which aims to help close the gender gap in tech.
Google did say at its I/O keynote Wednesday, however, that there were twice as many women in attendance compared to last year.
Beyond Google, the Labor Department says only 20% of software developers in the U.S. are women, while only 12% of computer science degrees today go to women.