Women in tech are challenging the gender disparity in their field and are inspiring more women to pursue careers the male-dominated industry.
Software developers Mikaela Gabriels and Tegwen Galant want to show other women that working in tech can be a viable and fulfilling career.
The pair met through UWC’s Future-Innovation Lab in collaboration with Samsung, a program created to address gender and diversity imbalances in the sector.
Gabriels and Galant are graduates of the program, in multi-platform software development and social innovation and describe themselves as women wanting to make their mark in the tech industry.
A report by PwC about women in tech confirmed that women hold 19% of tech-related jobs at top ten global companies, compared to men who hold 81%.
In leadership roles, women make up 28%.
Galant said it has been tough as a woman in software development.
“I feel like we sometimes need to work ten times harder, but I am hopeful that the work we do will change that.
Continue reading: https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/tech-savvy-women-committed-to-inspiring-other-women-32265037-8283-4ab4-9f01-9a7aeae1a3b9
Software developers Mikaela Gabriels and Tegwen Galant want to show other women that working in tech can be a viable and fulfilling career.
The pair met through UWC’s Future-Innovation Lab in collaboration with Samsung, a program created to address gender and diversity imbalances in the sector.
Gabriels and Galant are graduates of the program, in multi-platform software development and social innovation and describe themselves as women wanting to make their mark in the tech industry.
A report by PwC about women in tech confirmed that women hold 19% of tech-related jobs at top ten global companies, compared to men who hold 81%.
In leadership roles, women make up 28%.
Galant said it has been tough as a woman in software development.
“I feel like we sometimes need to work ten times harder, but I am hopeful that the work we do will change that.
Continue reading: https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/tech-savvy-women-committed-to-inspiring-other-women-32265037-8283-4ab4-9f01-9a7aeae1a3b9
