Organizational Communication in the News
Case Studies of Organizations and Organizational Communication in the Media
Blazing The Trail For Female Programmers
Sarah Allen has been the only woman on a team of computer programmers a few times in the more than two decades she has worked in the field. Most notably, she led the team — as the lone female programmer — that created Flash video, the dominant technology for streaming video on the Web.
Since only about 20 percent of all programmers are women, her experience isn’t uncommon, and now she’s trying to bring more women into the field.
Story length: 1,028 words
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