GOOD WORKS CONTINUED
$60,000 in software, and also lent employees and
space for its 2016 camp. Girls from kindergarten to
eighth grade have access to the outreach programs.
“During the school year, every single girl is
learning computer skills and coding—even the kin-
dergartners,” Compton says. “You can’t code if you
can’t read, so they learn to do it with their bodies.
Instructors use taped-off boxes and teach the girls
how to maneuver through a grid to mimic the way
a computer coder gives instructions.
“People always ask how I define success; and,
to me, it’s any girl that we can keep doing well in
school, exploring careers they otherwise wouldn’t
have known about, and pursuing some form of
post-secondary education. If we see any girls go
into a STEM field that otherwise would not have,
that’ll be a good day.”
(Lack of) Diversity in Tech
The breakdown of gender and ethnicity at major companies
Sources: Company Equal Opportunity Employment reports (2016), Fortune.com, The World Bank.
*Gender figures are global; race/ethnicity is U.S.-only
(in%) Female/Male* White Asian Latino Black
U.S. Population 51/49 64 4 16 12
World Population (2015) 49.5/50.5
Facebook & Instagram 33/67 52 38 4 2
Amazon 39/61 48 13 13 21
Apple 32/68 56 19 12 9
Google & You Tube 31/69 59 32 3 2
Microsoft 26/74 58 30 5 4
Pinterest 42/58 49 43 2 1
Twitter 37/63 57 32 4 3
U.S.Companies 19/81 68 10 10 2
Fortune500CEOs 4/96 83 2 2 1
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