It’s International Women’s Day today. Let’s Celebrate Women for Greater Diversity in Tech
Women have initiated and led major advances in programming and software development. Women such as Ada Lovelace, Hedy Lamarr, Jean Bartik, and Admiral Grace Hopper made history. In the 1980s, 37% of graduates with an IT major were women.
Today, only one in four IT jobs is held by a woman. In Québec, women represent 20% of professionals in the field, according to the latest TECHNOCompétences study about the IT workforce, published in February 2018.
However, this is currently changing for the better. The number of young women enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree in IT has grown over the last 5 years and the graduation rate has increased by 41% in Québec (Diagnostic TECHNOCompétences 2018). Nevertheless, there is still a long way to go to ensure greater inclusivity and diversity in this sector.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we wanted to celebrate the women of Le Wagon and share a few of their stories:
Jessica taught English in Japan, and today, after completing the Le Wagon program in Montréal and because of her determination — she is now a developer at ProctorU.
Hanae was a consultant with large corporations and after completing her stint at Le Wagon Barcelona, she decided to launch the program in Casablanca, the first African city to offer the program. She shared her perspective on women’s involvement in the technology industry.
A graduate of Yale University, Maria is a Full-Stack Developer and mentor at Le Wagon Shanghai. She is a strong advocate for women in tech.
Lea entered the workforce one week after finishing her bootcamp in Barcelona.
After completing Le Wagon in Amsterdam, Carolyn got a job as a Developer at aFrogLeap because of her talent, and … a chatbot.
Viola was a lawyer. She went through Le Wagon program in Lisbon, and is now a developer and entrepreneur.
More stories about the women of Le Wagon 👉 https://medium.com/le-wagon
At Le Wagon Montréal, diversity is important to us. We have undertaken concrete actions to help bring more diversity and inclusivity into the field of technology.
- Our bootcamp is open to anyone, regardless of their background and past experience.We expect 3 things from our students: to be motivated (very motivated), to be curious, and to be social.
- Our team is diverse and has gender parity, with just as many women as men.
- We have organized events to raise and discuss this topic.
What is Le Wagon?
Le Wagon brings programming skills and startup culture to non-tech people. Our main program is a 9-week full-stack coding course which is very intensive and gives the ability to build a prototype of any idea you might have. Our students are future web developers, startup founders, project managers, product managers, and technical business-people.
Altogether, we are a global team of 250+ seasoned mentors and over 2400 alumni in 19 countries and 29 cities.
Last Seats for the Spring batch 👉 April 9-June 8, 2018 👉 Apply now!
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