'Girls don't study that' is not acceptable

Tom Allen
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A homogenous culture will always prepare in the same way – but the pandemic showed the importance of expecting the unexpected

Imagine the first thing you hear after settling on your career path is "That's not for people like you." Too many women face this resistance to working in IT before they've even left home, whether ...

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