“Code: Debugging the Gender Gap”
April 20, 2015 § Leave a comment
There will only be 1.4 million people in the coding, programming, and computing world by the year 2020 and there will be one million unfilled software engineering jobs in the United States alone. Of the 1.4 million, only 29% will be American, and less than 3% will be women. ‘Code’ examines why women are not seeking out opportunities in the computer science fields. Do stereotypes, education, and cultural beliefs play a role in this digital divide?
Even though there is a lack of women in the tech world today, ironically, females, like Grace Hopper, helped set the stage for today’s technological world, as she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944. Teaching women to become qualified applicants for one of the job openings in the computer sciences, will not only boost women’s self-confidence, but will also make a difference in the world, as well as, help to ‘Debug’ the gender gap.
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