Barbie once said, “Math class is tough.” (Geez.) Flash forward almost 20 years, and now she has taken on a new role of computer engineer, according to the NYTimes.com. W00t! The choices Mattel asked people to vote on were computer engineer, architect, environmentalist, news anchor and surgeon. Those are all great choices, but given the social Web, I am not surprised that computer engineer was voted first. (I received alot of prompts from peers to vote on this!)
There are great and famous women in IT, though not nearly enough. If this helps get more girls interested in IT and they go on to have great careers and make great contributions to IT, then I am all for it.
The NYTimes.com article is good. I recommend you read it for more details.
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