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Grace Hopper Celebration - Connecting Women and Technology
ellen_mclatchey | 11 Dec 2012 | 1 comment

In addition to the holidays, the coming weeks are very exciting for Symantec on the diversity front. One of our non-profit partners, The Anita Borg Institute, holds its annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in the US and India. We are thrilled to have 25 of our female technical leads attending the third-annual Grace Hopper celebration in India, and look forward to bringing you this three-part series highlighting the event, what it means to our employees, and coverage of this year's compelling panels. Stay tuned!

 

"Around the world, women are not full partners in driving the creation of new technology that will define their lives. This is not...

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I am the difference between innovation and stagnation
Jingjing Ren | 19 Nov 2012 | 0 comments

Symantec’s 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report explores our commitments to our employees, the world, and your information. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be featuring blogs from Symantec employees and partners that focus on how they are making a difference. This week, we hear from Jingjing Ren, Software Engineer.

 

I’m a software engineer at Symantec. According to recent statistics, less than 20 percent of the bachelor degrees in computer science go to women. This means that, even living in Silicon Valley as I do, I’m a member of a very small group of working technical women.

Why do so few girls and women pursue careers in computer science and other tech fields? What makes a...

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