Dr. Ruthie D. Lyle, PhDITT Technical Institute3518 Westgate Drive, Suite 150Durham, NC 27707

April 18, 2013

Why Women Should Consider Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Overview*Why and How • enabling women towards

careers in STEM

*“Real-Life” STEM Divas • Inspiration through snap-

shots

Why?

What could I tell you about a career in STEM?

* It’s EverywhereMost colleges offer majors related to STEM

* It’s ImportantAcquire skills to help solve pressing social problems

* It’s creativeCan se creativity in many different job, always new

challenges at work

* It’s team-orientedOpportunity to work with a creative sometimes global team

* Its valued, respected, and flexible and pays well

*Falling Rate

*Percentage of Computing Occupations

Held by Women

*Variation by Race/Ethnicity, 2009

How can you prepare for a

career in STEM?*Investigate STEM Careers and associated Industries

*Explore Computer Programming*Scratch and Alice (available FREE)

*Take Classes to Explore STEM Topics*Computing, Math, Physics, Chemistry,

*Participate in Technology Clubs and Summer Camps

*Be Well-Rounded Explore*Cultures, Art, Language, Music

*Fun Stuff To Try

*Clubs and Summer Camps

Snap Shot STEM Divas

Advice: To Thine Own self be True

Dr. Ruthie D. Lyle, PhDSaaS Technical Project Manager, IBM

Career Path• Cloud Infrastructure Architect• Patent Architect • Performance Analyst• EMC Hardware Design Engineer• System Planning Engineer• Research Fellow, AFOSR

Own your life. Leverage networks and information sources to find out whataligns with your passion ( things that make working and learning fun). Utilize the web to “dig” for nuggets instead of waiting for someone to spoon feed you.

Advice: Think Outside of the Box

Lin SunAdvisory Software Engineer, IBM

Career Path• PureApplication System Virtual

Application Plugin Architect• WebSphere OSGi Feature developer• Apache Geronimo committer• WebSphere community Edition

developer• Websphere Everyplace Access tester

Don’t expect a different result when repeat the same thing. Try think and dothings differently to allow for innovation and inspiration. Leverage information on the Internet to avoid asking simple and obvious questions.

Advice: Slow and steady can also win a race

Dr. Fonda Ingram, PhDSenior Systems Engineer, SAS

Career Path• Senior Systems Engineer• Patent Engineer • Technical Architect• Competitive Intelligence Analysis• Emerging Technologies Engineer• Research Fellow - JPL

Be quick to listen and slow anger. This philosophy works in your personal life and inyour professional life.

Bernadette A. CarterAdvisory Software Engineer, IBM

Career Path•IBM Connections (Social Software) Software Engineer•IBM Quickr (Team Content) Software Engineer•IBM WebSphere Personalization Software Engineer•Master’s Grad Student – GEM Fellow•Intel Intern

Don’t limit yourself. Work hard. Use all of the talents you have. Once you believe you can do something, you’re one step closer to doing it.

Advice: “It is only impossible until somebody does it” - Unknown

Conclusion

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Explore Computer Programming (Free!!)Alice : alice.orgScratch: scratch.mit.edu

The 100 Best Jobshttp://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs

References