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| Ima, DL Student and Software Developer |
Ima recently started writing web page articles: Instructions for Software Developers. She says that to help those starting to learn software development, she is simplifying some of the processes she found difficult when she was learning software development in Iran. The editor of the website that has published her articles has given her very good feedback on the clarity and usefulness of her articles.
Ima has also commented on the lack of women in software development in Australia. ‘In Iran, around half the software developers were women, in Australia it is only about one tenth, and this is a shame.’ To help keep abreast with new innovations in software development, Ima belongs to a meet-up group for women software developers, where the group share new ideas and knowledge. Ima will be hosting a meet-up session at Fairfax in the next few weeks with a speaker from the successful Australian IT company, Atlassian, who will talk on the topic: assertiveness at work. Ima says that before coming to Australia she had heard that there was a lot of support for women here, but found this support concerns mainly health and medical issues and doesn’t extend to the workplace.
Ima started DL in Level 3 and has now almost finished her 510 AMEP hours with her teacher Heather from Navitas’s city college in Sydney. She says DL has helped her a lot with her confidence and her technical and non-technical writing. Her ambition is to set up her own company one day.
Check out Ima’s profile and web articles here but unless you too are a software developer don’t expect to understand them!
- Do you agree with Ima that women in Australia are under-represented or unsupported in certain jobs?
- Do you think there are jobs that are more suited to women than others and why?
- What is the longest time you stayed at a job? How often should employees change jobs and why?
Ima is doing a great job. A woman can do what a man can do.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Ima. I was interested in your comments about not having as many women do your job in Australia. It's obviously not because they can't but I'm not sure what could be the reason. I think it's a good idea to change jobs every 2-5 years specially when you're younger as this will broaden your experience.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Ima and it's good to see that DL helped you. You're a great role model to other women. We wish you every success for your future career.
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