Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at Magine
Last month we had the privilege of taking part in Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day. A yearly event in Sweden where tech companies open their offices for girls aged between 13-19 years to get a hands-on introduction to engineering.
The event is organized by Womengineer, whose goal it is to have equal numbers of men and women graduate as engineers by 2030. IGEDay is one step towards accomplishing it as the day aims to inspire future female engineers with practical learning experiences. Magine is extremely proud to be part of the journey, and this year we welcomed 20 girls who selected us to be their host company.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at Magine
“The IGEDay has been the most unexpected awesome day that I’ve had. The nerves I started the day with turned pretty fast into excitement and it was amazing to walk the girls through solving the challenges.” – Camelia Smeria, engineer at Magine
During IGEDay we ventured into the programming landscape and introduced the girls to hardware and software, programming arduinos using a visual programming language based on scratch. We also explored the importance of project management and put it into practice by designing and creating demo OTT services.
Ivett Backlund, an engineer at Magine who supported the girls during the day shares her thoughts on the experience, “It was exciting to see how fast our visitors got the technical concepts like agile, user-centric design and product ownership and it was fascinating seeing them create solutions to the services they use every day.”
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