Why Women Don't Code?
My first computer was a BBC micro and I &quot;wrote&quot; my first code using GW Basic when I was between the age of 5 and 10.<p>I now have two daughters, and it&#x27;s my goal to give them every opportunity to do the same.<p>Recently I sat down with my eldest and we wrote Ruby together to print out her name in rainbow colours on a terminal. She loved it.<p>As part of the journey of being a parent, I&#x27;ve come to realise how gender biased the world is. It&#x27;s even encoded in our picture books. My mother taught me to flip all pro-nouns to female. Because, otherwise, it&#x27;s &quot;Bob the Builder&quot; and &quot;Mr Fox climbs the mountain&quot;. Pick up any kids book and count the male&#x2F;female ratio. Look at who does the talking, who makes the decisions. It&#x27;s encoded in our kids from day 1.<p>Until we change the foundations of our society, we will have results like this.