dotlah! dotlah!
  • Cities
  • Technology
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Science
  • About
Social Links
  • zedreviews.com
  • citi.io
  • aster.cloud
  • liwaiwai.com
  • guzz.co.uk
  • atinatin.com
0 Likes
0 Followers
0 Subscribers
dotlah!
  • Cities
  • Technology
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Science
  • About
  • Society
  • Technology

Google Employees Take Action To Encourage Women In Computer Science

  • July 30, 2019
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0

When she was a teenager, Andrea Francke attended Schnupperstudium, or “Taster Week”—an event aimed at high-school girls to give them a taste of what it’s like to study computer science and work in the industry. That moment changed the course of her life. “As a teenager, Schnupperstudium was a game changer for me. That’s when I decided to study computer science,” says Andrea, who is now a senior software engineer at Google in Zürich.

This year, Andrea went back to Schnupperstudium, this time as a volunteer, to share her experience as part of a collaboration between employees at Google Zürich and the computer science department at ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich). “Offering other girls a glimpse into life as a software engineer is a cause that’s very dear to my heart,” Andrea says.

Andrea Francke and Tahmineh Sanamrad, Google software engineers, delivering a career panel for high school girls at Google Zürich.

After this year’s Schnupperstudium event, surveys showed that seven in nine girls agreed they could learn computer science if they wanted to, said they had an interest in the subject and believed computer science could help them find a job they would enjoy. “While stereotypes about computer science abound, events like Schnupperstudium can often counter them by showing what it’s really like to work in this field,” Andrea adds.

Something as simple as having a good role model can help to encourage girls to pursue their aspirations. A study Google conducted showed that encouragement and exposure directly influence whether young women decide to go for a computer science degree.

As we look into the skills needed for the current and future workplace, we see that there will be an increased demand for workers in STEM jobs, which will greatly affect the next generation. Yet only around 30 percent of women go into STEM programs in college, so not all young people may end up represented in the field. Somewhere along the way to choosing a career path, women are losing interest in technology.

That means there’s more to be done, especially at the stage when women are making decisions about their futures. That’s why here at Google, our employees are getting involved with events that encourage young people, and particularly women, to follow through on a computer science degree.

In 2018 alone, more than 300 Google employees across Europe directly worked with 29,000 students and 1,000 teachers through a range of volunteering activities. These initiatives are part of Grow with Google, which gives people training, products and tools to help them find jobs, grow their businesses or careers. In Europe alone, 48 percent of the people we trained in digital skills were women, thanks to programs like WomenWill and #IamRemarkable.

As we celebrate  World Youth Skills Day and the achievements of 1.8 billion young people from age 10 to 24, we will continue working to help them prepare for their futures.

Total
0
Shares
Share
Tweet
Share
Share
Related Topics
  • Coding
  • Computer Science
  • Education
  • Google
  • Women in tech
majulah

Previous Article
  • Technology

OpenAI Forms Exclusive Computing Partnership With Microsoft To Build New Azure AI Supercomputing Technologies

  • July 29, 2019
View Post
Next Article
  • Society

Five Reasons English Speakers Struggle To Learn Foreign Languages

  • July 30, 2019
View Post
You May Also Like
View Post
  • Gears
  • Technology

Apple Vision Pro upgraded with the powerful M5 chip and comfortable Dual Knit Band

  • Dean Marc
  • October 15, 2025
View Post
  • Gears
  • Technology

Meet Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Series: Packing Everything You Expect From a Premium Tablet

  • Dean Marc
  • September 4, 2025
View Post
  • Technology

Malaysia’s ‘ASEAN Shenzhen’ needs some significant legal reform to take off — here’s how

  • dotlah.com
  • August 25, 2025
View Post
  • Gears
  • Technology

Samsung Electronics Debuts Odyssey G7 Monitors, Showcasing Top Games on Its Displays at Gamescom 2025

  • Dean Marc
  • August 20, 2025
View Post
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Technology

Thoughts on America’s AI Action Plan

  • Dean Marc
  • July 24, 2025
View Post
  • Technology

ESWIN Computing launches the EBC77 Series Single Board Computer with Ubuntu

  • dotlah.com
  • July 17, 2025
View Post
  • Gears
  • Technology

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones

  • Dean Marc
  • July 9, 2025
View Post
  • Cities
  • Technology

Meralco PowerGen’s PacificLight starts up 100 MW fast-response plant in Singapore

  • dotlah.com
  • June 20, 2025


Trending
  • 1
    • Lah!
    Celebrating 20 Years Of Semakau Landfill
    • December 11, 2019
  • 2
    • Technology
    Singtel First To Offer 5G Speeds Of More Than 1Gbps On 3.5GHz
    • September 3, 2020
  • 3
    • Cities
    • Technology
    How Urban Farmers Are Learning To Grow Food Without Soil Or Natural Light
    • July 18, 2019
  • covid19-vaccine-pexels-alena-shekhovtcova-6074944 4
    • People
    • World Events
    A Vaccination Race Between Nations Can Have No Winners
    • February 9, 2021
  • 5
    • Lah!
    • Technology
    SG Digital Community Hubs To Be Launched Islandwide To Boost Nationwide Digitalisation Movement
    • July 9, 2020
  • new-york-bernd-dittrich-YzWyaN4OBNA-unsplash 6
    • Cities
    The World’s Most Expensive Cities
    • December 28, 2022
  • 7
    • Science
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dedicates Additional Funding To The Novel Coronavirus Response
    • February 10, 2020
  • 8
    • Lah!
    • Society
    DBS Delivers Care Packages And F&B Treats To Hospitals And Communities Across Singapore
    • February 25, 2020
  • 9
    • Lah!
    CapitaLand Investment Makes Debut On The Singapore Exchange As One Of The World’s Largest Listed Real Estate Investment Managers
    • September 22, 2021
  • 10
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • People
    • Solutions
    Farmers In India Are Using AI For Agriculture – Here’s How They Could Inspire The World
    • January 24, 2024
  • 11
    • Lah!
    SGX Welcomes Nanofilm Technologies International Limited To Mainboard
    • November 2, 2020
  • 12
    • Lah!
    Online Application For Exchange Of Singapore Bicentennial $20 Commemorative Note
    • September 17, 2019
Trending
  • 1
    Why climate summits fail – and three ways to save them
    • October 21, 2025
  • Bluetooth speakers 2
    Best Bluetooth Speakers Under $200 (2025 Edition)
    • October 16, 2025
  • 3
    Apple Vision Pro upgraded with the powerful M5 chip and comfortable Dual Knit Band
    • October 15, 2025
  • 4
    Apple unveils new 14‑inch MacBook Pro powered by the M5 chip, delivering the next big leap in AI for the Mac
    • October 15, 2025
  • 5
    Apple introduces the powerful new iPad Pro with the M5 chip
    • October 15, 2025
  • 6
    Singapore’s national identity excludes those who don’t look like a ‘regular family’
    • October 9, 2025
  • Smart Watch 7
    Best Smartwatches, Your Gateway to Health Monitoring and Everyday Use
    • October 5, 2025
  • Cooking pots and pans 8
    Best Pots and Pans 2025: All-Season, All-Purpose Picks for Every Kitchen
    • September 23, 2025
  • 9
    Politicians love comparing NZ’s economy to Singapore or Ireland – but it’s simplistic and misleading
    • September 21, 2025
  • Kitchen Knives - Best All-Around Picks in 2025 10
    Kitchen Knives : The Surgeons of Cooking – Best All-Around Picks in 2025
    • September 15, 2025
Social Links
dotlah! dotlah!
  • Cities
  • Technology
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Science
  • About
Connecting Dots Across Asia's Tech and Urban Landscape

Input your search keywords and press Enter.