What do we need to do to shake the geek image?
I suggest we get all types of young people networking together.
Mix the young corporates (accountants, analysts, laywers) in the same room as some young IT professionals. Then just leave it to them...cool things will happen - create some businesses with cool technology and common sense $ and cents. Then the next generation will follow in their footsteps.
Shortage in women in IT
www.itgoddess.info/calendar.htm
The aussies are attacking the problem head on -
Apparently the female IT workforce has dropped from 25% to less than 20%
Similar stats are painted in New Zealand but they can't find $10K to do a survey.
Why don't they just create a wufoo form and do the survey online ? Might cost them a couple of hundred bucks to buy a domain and buy some forms.
Shortage of graduates in IT - grads 1/2 since 2002 in NZ
We saw the writing on the wall a few years ago. Professor Hine from Vic with the facts
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3725773a28,00.html
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