Google and Square Recruit Girls Early to Tackle Tech’s Gender Problem | Business | WIRED

Codecademy google square FOLLOW WIRED Twitter Facebook RSS Google and Square Recruit Girls Early to Tackle Tech’s Gender Problem Silicon Valley has a gender problem, and some big-name companies are finally trying to change things by addressing the problem where it starts: with kids. Firms like Google, Square, and Codecademy are showing young girls that it’s cool to code, hoping it will eventually boost the number of women who fill tech jobs across the Valley and beyond. http://www.wired.com/2014/07/girls-coding/?mbid=social_fb

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