Alena Kruchkova- One Woman's Journey to Becoming a Software Engineer

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4 Whys: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a Software Engineer

1: WHY women choose to leave behind their careers in other fields to become software developers?

2: WHY do we need more female engineers?

WORKPLACE DIVERSITY

BRINGSVARIETY OF VIEWPOINTS

BETTER PRODUCTS

HIGHER PROFITS

Women make up 59% of US labor force and almost 51% of the entire US population

yet...

3: WHY do we need coding bootcamps?

Closing the Skills Gap

4: WHY do we need all female engineering programs?

WHAT can I do to help?

"If not now, when? If not us, who? Take action.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

@PyGurl

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