QA Madness

Why The IT World Wouldn't Be

Evolved Without Girls In It?

Facts

Now, less than 25% of the IT

workforce are women.

In the software testing sector the

percentage filled by women is now

approaching 50%.

A lot of computing pioneers — the

people who programmed the first

digital computers — were women.

Famous women from history

Augusta Ada

Byron Lovelace

Grace Murray

Hopper

She is often described

as the world's first

computer

programmer. Analyst,

She was an

American computer

scientist and United

States Navy rear

admiral.

As the “Mother of testing”, she foresaw

the importance of higher-level

programming languages in the future of

computing

metaphysician, and founder of scientific

computing.

Her mind-set of "poetical science" led her

to ask questions about the Analytical

Engine (as shown in her notes) examining

how individuals and society relate to

technology as a collaborative tool.

What about the modern world and she-heroes in it?

Meg WhitmanSanghvi was an early

engineer at Facebook

and one of the

primary developers

for News Feed. She

was responsible for

The CEO of the

popular online

auction site eBay.

Whitman has

received numerous

awards and accolades for her work at

eBay. On more than one occasion.

the company’s Platform product

strategy and new product initiatives.

Sanghvi was awarded a TechFellow

"Best Engineering Leadership Award" in

2011 for her work at Facebook

Ruchi Sanghvi

What about the modern world and she-heroes in it?

Kathleen

HowellMarissa Mayer

Mother, competitive

aerobatic pilot and

NASA engineer.

She was responsible

for the design and

execution of software

From Google first

female engineer to

the current president

and CEO of Yahoo!

She also was a

"Young ladies should pursue any passionswholeheartedly. They should follow theirdreams," encouraged Howell.”

“I always did something I was a little not ready todo. I think that's how you grow. When there'sthat moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I cando this,' and you push through those moments,that's when you have a breakthrough.”

acceptance tests for Dryden's Mission

Control Center.

longtime executive, usability leader and a

key spokesperson for Google.

Conclusion

Anyone can be successful. And

doesn't matter men or women.

You have to follow your own

goals, and your dreams.