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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
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than she had at school, and took a BSc in chemistry and forensic science. Moore doesnt feel theres anything unfeminine about studying creepy-crawlies. I demonstrate my work in school labs and the girls tend to be more sensible, she says. The boys yell, Ugh, its a maggot! but the girls take a real interest.
As well as working on commercial projects, she volunteered to help develop a mobile phone app for an international charity that enables eld workers in Africa to reunite lost children with their families.
3 The IT expert
Too many girls are put off careers in IT because of its geeky image. But its fun, conrms Minno Dang, 23, an IT consultant at London-based software rm ThoughtWorks. Were very outgoing and theres a lot of team bonding we go climbing together or join the same dance class. And we always work in pairs to test each others ideas. Dangs team is an equal balance of male and female, which benets the companys collaborative approach. I believe men and women think in different but complementary ways, she says. Dang read maths and computer science at the University of Bristol. Out of 100 students on the computing course, only nine were women, but it never felt awkward and I developed invaluable practical IT skills. After just two years at ThoughtWorks, Dang has a great deal of responsibility and engages in programming, consultancy, business analysis and client interaction.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more
Marie Curie (1867-1934), physicist and chemist