Inspiring people: The techie

SAUJANI RESHMA: FOUNDER OF GIRLS WHO CODE

Saujani began her career as an attorney and activist. In 2010 she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. During the race she visited local schools and saw the gender gap in computing classes firsthand which led her to start Girls Who Code. She is also the author of 'Brave Not Perfect' – a movement rooted in her experience TedTalk book and podcast encouraging women to live their bravest fullest lives.

“Girls Who Code is more than an international non-profit. We are a movement.”

- Saujani Reshma

Saujani discovered that the gender gap in computing is getting worse not better.

Girls Who Code break it down for us: "In 1995 37% of computer scientists were women. Today it’s only 24%. The percent will continue to decline if we do nothing. We know that the biggest drop off of girls in computer science is between the ages of 13 and 17."

Saujani saw first-hand the lack of women and young girls being involved in computing IT coding and networking and decided to act. That's what being The Techie is all about - being on the forefront of new technological trends seeing where things can be helped by inventing a new process and implementing it. You don't have to be an amazing speaker or a political activist or a phenomenal writer: you can spot a problem like a hawk swoop in and fix it before anyone even realises there was a problem in the first place. 

To be The Techie like Saujani keep your finger on the pulse of new and upcoming inventions and trends and think outside the box when it comes to finding solutions - you're the bright spark who knows just how to leverage every bit of information and space you have to get everything running!