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Article: Techies get a Lego up; Exercise helps Microsoft find future software stars.(BUSINESS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 20, 2009
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Byline: Mark A. Kellner, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Erin Hoover, a Northern Virginia Community College student, was making a sculpture from tiny Lego blocks. But she also was trying to make a point: Women need to feel more welcome in software development and other nerdy technology jobs.
Miss Hoover's assemblage, concocted during a session at the Microsoft Developer's Conference, sponsored by the Redmond, Wash.-based firm, showed a woman at the top of a tall staircase.
The significance of the image was not lost on the 20 or so self-proclaimed techies taking part in the exercise sponsored by WomenBuild, a small grouping within Microsoft that's looking ...