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Title: Are there any girls doing IT Apps for 2015 ?
Post by: stephgreggxxoo on September 01, 2014, 09:16:45 pm
I am currently in year 11 and there are 2 IT classes and out of 48 Students I am the only female.
I was wondering if this is the case for other schools or is my school just having a lack in Tech Savvy Females ?
Title: Re: Are there any girls doing IT Apps for 2015 ?
Post by: Aaron on September 01, 2014, 09:19:51 pm
You will find this across the board. Information Technology is male-dominated (as bad as that sounds, it's the reality). I really hope it does change in the future though!

I do IT at uni and I would probably say it's 95 to 5 percent ratio (male to female). It was the same scenario when I did IT Apps in Year 12, only 1 female.
Title: Re: Are there any girls doing IT Apps for 2015 ?
Post by: stephgreggxxoo on September 01, 2014, 09:22:23 pm
You will find this across the board. Information Technology is male-dominated (as bad as that sounds, it's the reality). I really hope it does change in the future though!

I do IT at uni and I would probably say it's 95 to 5 percent ratio (male to female). It was the same scenario when I did IT Apps in Year 12, only 1 female.

Thanks ! I am hopefully going into a Software Engineering Degree, but I Don't mind being the only female hopefully it might be seen as an advantage ! :)
Title: Re: Are there any girls doing IT Apps for 2015 ?
Post by: Aaron on September 01, 2014, 09:25:17 pm
Thanks ! I am hopefully going into a Software Engineering Degree, but I Don't mind being the only female hopefully it might be seen as an advantage ! :)

Wow! That's great. Make sure you check out university scholarships, as there are quite a few across many universities that offer them as incentives for women to enter the engineering/computing fields. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about the IT/compsci area. Software engineering is a great area to be interested in.

Yep, it's definitely an advantage due to the shortage.

Title: Re: Are there any girls doing IT Apps for 2015 ?
Post by: huss48 on September 02, 2014, 06:30:15 pm
Good Luck to you , be sure to check out my resources on both ITA and ITSD.
Title: Re: Are there any girls doing IT Apps for 2015 ?
Post by: excal on September 04, 2014, 01:16:37 am
Good on you. There's a few women in IT collectives floating around that are worth getting involved with...
Title: Re: Are there any girls doing IT Apps for 2015 ?
Post by: samantha.cheung on September 07, 2014, 11:29:03 am
Hey! I am a girl and I am currently completing unit 3/4 IT Apps. There are only 3 girls in my class but this subject is definitely not limited to boys. I strongly encourage you to do it next year as it is a great subject!!