Wages of Ukrainian IT-specialists range between 15 and 50 thousand dollars a year, as stated in a material of finance.ua. However, not many Ukrainian girls storm technical universities to choose promising and interesting career. Up till now image of IT professional is of a man who sits day and night on the computer. The reality, especially Ukrainian, mostly affirms this stereotype.

An article in Kiev-Post newspaper says that the number of female IT-specialists in Ukraine major software developing companies has been growing in recent years and reached an average of 17-20%, while in the US this figure is high as 25%. However, the rate of women in the non-technical branches of IT industry in Ukraine reaches 34%.

Applied Programming Department of the State University of Telecommunications is also watching this trend: among the 79 students enrolled in the specialty "Software Engineering" there is only 6 girls.

As for wages, women in IT companies in different parts of Ukraine earn less than men, according to DOU.ua.

In the world there are many examples of successful careers of women in the IT sector. In particular, the Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, IBM President Virginia Rometty, and the first woman on the Facebook Board of Directors Sheryl Kara Sandberg.

Sheryl Kara Sandberg, referring to the representation of women in the IT sector, said: "We know that girls make it so good in math and science as they are told that they have it good at it. It's just a matter of expectations. "

And always trump card up his sleeve during a debate about "male jobs" was a great trio: Ada Lovelace (made the first description of an early version of the computer, the beginning of the nineteenth century - Ed.), Grace Hopper (known American scientists, the world's first developer of compiler for programming languages, Rear Admiral US Navy, XX century - Ed.), Francis Allen (known American scientist, Pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers - Ed.).

Mark Zuckerberg has some powerful advice for young women: Be the nerd, don't date the nerd.

Maybe this advice will help the girls, who now finish Grade 11 and to whom the question of choosing a future profession is open, so that stereotypes will not prevent them from becoming the new Grace Hopper and Ginny Rometta.

The staff of the Applied Programming Department invites to study all, regardless of gender, who dreams of becoming a successful programmer - it is not boring sitting in front of a monitor, but an exciting journey into the world of logic. We have already begun to break stereotypes, because among your future teachers are already young and talented women!

We invite you to study!