During
this week of class we discussed many different things. We started off by
talking about the movie where they discussed how women in the programming field
are considered rare and also the issues they have to overcome to become
successful overall in the field. It is important to realize that all the major
tech companies and companies that hire programmers are dominated by white
males. From this movie we talked about ways that we can get more females into
this field and also what causes women to be turned away from programming and
computer science.
The
following class we had a quest speaker who like me is a ISTA major. She also
discussed the same topic in class but also added a ton of stats and other
information that paints this issue in a different light. To look at it from the
outside is one thing but to hear it from someone who is in the program gives me
more information and also a view that I can relate more towards. In my opinion,
I would like to see more women join in the field because programming shouldn’t be
based off someone’s gender but their ability. It would be wrong to shy away
girls from coding because people feel as if they wouldn’t be interested without
even giving them the chance to show off their abilities. Hopefully, we can
figure out something to get more women into the field to learn but also create
more jobs that women can feel interested in and take part in.
