Hey, Girl. You know you want to be a software developer.

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1. Hey girl You know you want to be a software developer Anne Marsan Hey Girl
2. Atomic Object What’s the Best Job in the World? US News and World Reports #1 job in 2014 http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs Software Developer
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8. Atomic Object Variety Front End Back End Database Embedded Web Mobile Desktop Automotive Manufacturing Financial eCommerce Marketing Social Health Care Designer Developer Testing/QA Project Manager Scrum Master Managing Partner CTO
9. Atomic Object Variety Fortune 500 Mid-sized Franchise Consulting Start-up C C++ Java C# Ruby Python F# Scala JavaScript HTML/CSS .Net JVM Django Rails iOS Android Node.js
10. Atomic Object Creativity
11. Atomic Object Purpose
12. Atomic Object Access
13. Atomic Object Flexibility
14. Atomic Object Salary $93,350 per year $44.88 per hour
15. Atomic Object Where Are The Women? http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/gender-balance-tech-new-york-beyond/
16. Atomic Object Where Are the Women? http://www.ncwit.org/resources/women-it-facts
17. Atomic Object Original Programmers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two_women_operating_ENIAC.gif
18. Atomic Object Original Programmers http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10/28/46
19. Atomic Object Fewer Are Choosing Tech Education http://www.ncwit.org/resources/women-it-facts
20. Atomic Object Women Leave Tech Jobs http://www.ncwit.org/resources/women-it-facts
21. Atomic Object Why Do They Leave? • Hostile macho culture • Isolation • Mysterious career paths • Systems of risks and reward • Extreme work pressures
22. Atomic Object Comparison to Law and Medicine http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323717004578159433220839020
23. Atomic Object Why Do We Care? • Women purchase 50% of computers, 50% of cars, 80% of consumer goods • Organizations with more women in key roles are better equipped to create products and services that meet market needs
24. Atomic Object http://anitaborg.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/The-Case-for-Investing-in-Women-314.pdf
25. Atomic Object Why Do We Care? • Business performance improves with a more diverse workforce • More women in leadership roles improves the bottom line • Balanced teams are more innovative • Balanced teams are better at problem solving
26. Atomic Object Why Do We Care? • Declining number of students in technical degrees but increasing demand
27. Atomic Object 1999 Ford Windstar
28. Atomic Object http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hail-to-the-chief-yahoos-marissa-mayer/#1
29. Atomic Object http://mashable.com/2012/08/06/female-founders/ Fashism MightyBell Manicube SlideShare Moda Operandi oneforty reclip.it Shoptiques Quincy EventBrite Buddy Media Poshmark
30. Atomic Object What Schools Can Do http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/10/how-harvey-mudd-transformed-its-computer- science-program-and-nearly-closed-its-gender-gap/
31. Atomic Object What You Can Do To Get a Great Job
32. Atomic Object What You Can Do To Love Your Job
33. Atomic Object What You Can Do To Advance Your Career
34. Atomic Object Inspiration • Grace Hopper Celebration
 http://gracehopper.org/ • Passion Projects 
 http://passion-projects.github.io/ • Girl Develop It 
 http://www.girldevelopit.com/chapters/ detroit
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