Zurich Girl Geek Dinner #4 - Startup Scene, Tech Culture & Women

1. Zurich Girl Geek Dinner June 23, 2015 . Google Zurich Speaker: Angie Chang The Startup Scene, Tech Culture, and Women

2. Facebook office walls

3. Mentor Community

4. Mentor Mentor Hackers Thank you to the mentors who make this happen! Hackathons

5. Partners Employing Our Graduates

6. Mentor Community Image Search Results: “Software Engineer”

7. Mentor Community Hackbright graduates - software engineers

10. Software engineer

11. Mentor Community Women CTOs, VPE, Director Engineering…

12. Mentor Community Our earliest programmers were women …

13. Mentor Community Our earliest programmers were women … ENIAC

14. Our earliest programmers were women … Ada Lovelace

15. Source: docs.google.com/forms/d/1TGGWz-BxClDC2LEpfon4Aib3Ac0kmnRtjLFLvIrrJc8/viewform A survey of 1700+ women in tech said the best thing about working in tech is: “I like solving problems that are really difficult” (77%)

16. If you were to leave tech (or if you have already left), which of the following are/were contributing factors? 35% don't see a clear career path 31% too few women mentors/bosses (role models) 30% don’t enjoy the masculine culture 29% people are mean or condescending Source: docs.google.com/forms/d/1TGGWz-BxClDC2LEpfon4Aib3Ac0kmnRtjLFLvIrrJc8/viewform

17. So, let’s solve hard problems. Thank you!