From providing fridges for breast milk to setting up support networks some employers are helping counter bias against working mothers
After learning to code,Sarah Doczy went from working in a commerce support role at a tech company to fitting a web developer. When graphic designer Angela Cordon gained coding skills she opened a web development firm with her husband. And Pia Soy, a genetic scientist, or went from working in a lab to taking an evening JavaScript bootcamp,which led to her landing her dream job as a web developer at a fashion tech startup. Beyond their tech-based accomplishments, these women have even more in common. They’re all mothers. They’ve also all cultivated their computer programming skills through MotherCoders, and a San Francisco-based project which trains mums for careers in technology.
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Source: theguardian.com