WHAT I LEARNED

IN INFO 102 IS...

K E N N E DY I Z U K A

OBJECTIVES
Where the problems stem from

To be able to talk about this problem with my peers

HISTORY OF WOMEN IN TECH

 Grace hopper literally solved the implosion problem for the atomic bomb
Grace hopper was a huge influence for the computer programing world.
A women created the first computer code COBOL
1984 personal computers became available to men
Pebbles thrown at females not covered in clothing in Mea Shearim
Its important to respect the religion as a guest

Parental influence is impactful

COBOL

COMPUTER CODE WAS CREATED BY A

WOMAN

..YET MALES DOMINATE THE TECH

INDUSTRY

AND MOTHERS DONT EXPOSE THEIR

GIRLS TO TECHNOLOGY AS WELL

WHY ARE THERE FEW WOMEN IN

TECH?

GENDER BIAS

 Based on name, women are considered "property"

Essentialism- The belief that particular groups of people have set characteristics.
Women are not the only victims of sexual assault
The male dominated gaming society assault anything that opposes their games
Men in the video game world see that online harassment as a game and use strategy to assault
this lady
CyberMob Men harass and are rewarded for their harassment. Females are sidelined taking
the beating
The hate spurred support and the campaign raised 20X what they wanted
Women dont act as confident at the start compared to men

PROPERTY

ABUSE

CYBERMOB

GAME

ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL

ELEMENTARY/ MIDDLE SCHOOL

Subconsciously girls are taught to use tech as a "user" not as the actual building
People tend to hang out with the people that they relate too.
Legos are advertised for boys. Princess toys are advertised to girls. Shrink it and pink it
Uninterested
Wrong environment for the field (i.e. friends aren't involved)
Domestic roles of unspoken rules (society)
Television- Hollywood describes the villain as "dark hair, dark skin"
Toys that are being marketed
Geek culture
Gift received- the "play it safe" tactic; to buy a broad gender related toy
Skills that are developed "man up" leads to violence

SOLUTION

HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL
They found it difficult
Time devoted to other activities
Work

Stereotypes- Subconsciously the role of woman is engrained as "nonscientific"

Drive is different
Schedule conflicts
Sleep vs cs
Recommendations
The "geek mythology" deters women from the tech field
Studies have shown that the same number of girls take AP classes in high school. But few
women take the exams

MAKE COMPUTER SCIENCE

MANDATORY

COLLEGE

COLLEGE
Less women in leaderships offer less opportunity for younger women to be mentored
They are minorities and they are harassed because of it.
Women tend to be more followers
Subconscious belief that women are subordinate to men
Women tend to take the helping role

DIFFERENT INTRO LEVELS

EARLY CAREER

EARLY CAREER
Girls who enter the workforce right after college are a minority-isolation
stem fields, job satisfaction was the lowest in women
The stereotype is that females as weaker
Women dont act as confident at the start compared to men
Looked down upon as a male with the similar experience
Females in the tech force are expected to have a certain qualification and it can lead to
opportunities or disappointment
Men are more likely to take risks in stressful situations
56% of women leave companies in tech

56% OF WOMEN LEAVE THE TECH

FORCE

MID CAREER

MID CAREER
Women are leaving the tech field because of the extra pressure that being a woman in the tech
field has.
Women will only apply if they feel they meet most of the requirements
Women become less desirable when they have kids but men become more desirable when
they have kids
Women who are stereotyped perform worse than groups that were not stereotyped
Stem field doesnt fit the child care role for women
More demanding

MAKE IT A COMMUNITY EFFORT

LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP
Promotions are difficult to judge for women because of potential maternity leave.
Women become less desirable when they have kids but men become more desirable when
they have kids
Men look at requirements as suggestions while women see them as requirements
Promotions are difficult to judge for women because of potential maternity leave.

Stem field doesnt fit the child care role for women- more demanding

WOMEN IN EXECUTIVE ROLES ARE

MORE SUCCESSFUL

WHAT WOMEN ARE MISSING OUT ON

IN THE TECH FIELD

 Women are 20% of the industry while they make up 50% of the gaming population
Games promote problem solving,
Project Garden Gnome would increase Wi-Fi range but hurt the Data functionality of Phone
Companies
Women invest in stocks to set up their future passions. While men invest to win the game,
Online shopping has become relatively easier
IT is pretty much recession proof
Dev Ops fic bugs while Developers create the next best thing
Informatics is a mixture of CS and business making the information more efficient
Cyber security is the elite part of IT
More and more companies are improving cyber security
Cyber security is a 75-million-dollar market
No offshoring
Write the search engine for the people
Manage informatics with technological aspects

 Business and CS combined make informatics

An informatics degree entails the person to possess software engineering skills combined with
communication skills
Informatics embrace challenges
You dont need to code to be in informatics
Cloud security is changing the game
33% of jobs in the future are It related
IT cant use offshore coders
Human tracking became informatics
With the increase in the technology for sports, more data is available for performance increase
Wider access to music due to the internet offing free music streaming services.
Data scientists
Be a project manager
The external threats are Hackers
Based on system vulnerabilities

Security engineer opening salary is $80K

The gaming industry is vastly growing
Data analytics can find the slightest of problems that can vastly effect financial gains

THEY ARE MISSING OUT ON A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR MARKET AND ARE

NOT DEVELOPING THEIR
COMMUNICATION SKILLS

IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY

 Women make 76 cents to the dollar compared to men

Great leaders give outliers "permission" to be different
Men tend to achieve higher in spatial tests than women
however, when given spatial test training, women performed just as well as the male counter
parts
Peer evaluations- Everyone has strengths and weaknesses
Technology will bridge the gap between the disparity
Heterogeneous groups tend to out-perform the homogeneous group
If everyone does a little bit, then a lot can be achieved
Learn to speak towards a specific audience
Do research as an undergraduate
Be on page one. Simplify the process that state what to do
Establish credibility
Take a stand if it will make a difference
Pick the brains of the experienced members in the field
Everything is beneficial whether good or bad

HETEROGENEOUS GROUPS PERFORM

BETTER THAN HOMOGENEOUS GROUPS

Less than 10% of cyber security professionals are women

1 million positions open currently for IT
By 2018 4.4 million jobs will be open
$203 billion business in 2020
Mom created the ignore no more to get kids to respond to their texts
By 2018 there will be 1.4 million tech jobs open
Statistically groups that promote critical thinking are much better than homogenous groups.
By theory, the files could be lost due to security
underhand, illegal access to the network

People who have gone through the hardship are capable of being experts
Women plan because they live longer. But work shorter.
Criticism that is constructive can help move a project along
Where the money follows big ideas it is literally impossible to innovate
Diversity is about equal opportunity
Self-assessments show that women are capable of the same results but critiqued themselves much
harsher
Exposure to multi-cultural backgrounds offer different insights
Go where the money takes you
Cloud based data storage allows centralized information

MISCELLANEOUS FACTS FROM CLASS

 The tutor app would greatly help

UW has a lot of crimes
Kids are optimistic because they have not yet been beaten by life
Home banking was started because It became very expensive to produce checks
Israel is the leader in cyber security
HBCU tend to have more women physicist
It's not fair that women are being discouraged from pursuing a career in the tech field
Assault happens often and in many ways
Sexual assault is an extremely sensitive subject
Try to diffuse the situation before HR gets involved
They would show off their achievements on online message boards
17% of our lecture are hard core gamers
How to make effective business plans
Study Abroad

 Both speakers have english degrees as well as Ph.D's in education

Degrees are not a restraint
Become an audiologist because of the impact loud music teens are listening too
Figure out how to be an ally for the people of color
There comes a time when soul searching is necessary
55% of infection on personal use is from internal error (i.e. opening bad email)
DO PROJECTS TO SELF LEARN
Average australian women has to work 66 more days to make the same amount as a man
Nasa made a female robot
Study abroad for adults
Optimism amongst youngsters
Laura was fired from her first two jobs
Just because bring in members, does mean theyll stay
Linkedin is more personal, resumes are more formal
Patients can self diagnose much easier

GUEST SPEAKERS

KATHLEEN JUNGCK
Cyber security is the elite part of IT
More and more companies are improving cyber security
Less than 10% of cyber security professionals are women
1 million positions open currently for IT
Cyber security is a 75 million dollar market
No offshoring
Security engineer opening salary is $80K
Cyber secuity is protection from unwanted access
-identity and access management
55% of infection on personal use is from interanl error (i.e. opening bad email)
The external threats are Hackers
Based on system vulnerabilities

Isreal is the leader in cyber security

They release their military research

DO PROJECTS TO SELF LEARN

TRISH DZIKO
Earliest employee at Microsoft
Basketball standout
Full ride to Monmouth College
First Generation College student
Got her B.S in Computer Science
Database engineer
Co-founder of Technology Access Foundation
Millionaire at age 39
The reason that african americans are a minority are because they dont have access to the high
tech learning
Honorary doctorate at Seattle U

MICHELLE H. MARTIN & NEGIN DAHYA

Both speakers have english degrees as well as Ph.D's in education
Pick the brains of the experienced members in the field
Degrees are not a restraint
Exposure to multi cultural backgrounds offer different insights
Everything is beneficial whether good or bad
Become an audiologist because of the impact loud music teens are listening too
Go where the money takes you
Figure out how to be an ally for the people of color
There comes a time when soul searching is necessary

MEL DIAOPLI
Women need to market themselves
Establish credibility
Take a stand if it will make a difference
Hollywood describes the villain as "dark hair, dark skin"
Kids are optimistic because they have not yet been beaten by life
Write the search engine for the people
Be on page one. Simplify the process that state what to do
Linkedin is more personal, resumes are more formal

ALUMNI PANEL
The transition from school to work is different
Video game design is a booming market
Video game design is incredibly difficult to work in
In the Informatics school you can keep in touch with former classmates at reunions
These connections help land jobs
Become a project manager

LAB SECTION

 Brainstorming techniques
Personal branding,
LABtoSECTION
How
work with a group
Coding a website takes patience with html

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Hire and train people

CAREER PLAN
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Lead People

WHAT I THOUGHT OF INFO 102 IS..