Women occupy just a quarter of all computing jobs in the U.S., but one group hopes to change that. How? By getting them hooked on tech as early as kindergarten. https://t.co/d5ybLSB5zP
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“I think if we look at this in 5, 10 years, the gender gap in university computer science will be gone.” https://t.co/XbyrOFJOMT founder Hadi Partovi believes his program will help close the tech skills gender gap. https://t.co/VbCsgVrfoR