By 2020, there will be 1.4 million jobs available in computing related fields. Graduates in the United States are on track to fill 29 percent of thosejobs. Women are on track to fill just 3 percent.
These estimates are according to Girls Who Code, a non-profit organization founded by Reshma Saujani, who was the commencement speaker at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.
Saujani’s speech focused on a message to urge women to be brave, and bypass the cubicle for the corner office. “Push them to take risks. Reward them for trying,” she said. “If you do your part if we all do our part then we will unleash the most badass generation of women leaders the world has ever seen.”
