Six girls between the ages of twelve and 15 visited doubleSlash on Thursday to take a look behind the scenes at a software company. For the twelfth time, doubleSlash is one of the companies offering insights into apprenticeships and courses of study in IT, trades, natural sciences and technology at the Germany-wide "Girls Day". "It is important to us to provide an authentic insight into working life," says Nadine Schiffmann, Human Resources Manager. "Both sides benefit from this: For the schoolgirls, it can be a first step into an apprenticeship or a dual study program and we get to know potential applicants. A great thing."
The schoolgirls think so too. Daniela used Girls Day to "take a look at a profession that is not so typical for women". Sophie also made a conscious decision to visit a software company: "I already come into contact with computer science a lot even now and I'm generally interested in programming," says the twelve-year-old.
Looking into the server room and programming for yourself
After a brief introduction, the students were given a tour of the company. Offices, kitchen, meeting rooms and lounges were visited and showed how work is done in a modern IT company. The highlight: a look into the server room. System administrator Teresa Stier explained what goes on here and why it is something very special.
After the tour, the students were given an insight into various job profiles that can be completed at doubleSlash via an apprenticeship or as part of a degree course, e.g. via an internship semester: IT specialist in application development, IT specialist in system integration and office communication clerk.
"It is important for us to show at an early stage that there are a wide variety of careers in IT. Anyone interested in computer science has an incredibly wide range of career opportunities after their IT training or studies. Regardless of whether the focus is later on consulting and design or on programming software solutions," says Nadine Schiffmann.
In order to awaken the girls' enthusiasm for IT, they were also allowed to solve a small programming task directly in practice: Recreating the doubleSlash company logo with the "Robot Karol" program. It took a bit of skill and an understanding of programming logic, but everyone mastered the competition with flying colors. "I particularly liked the programming at the end," says participant Nicola.
Finally, current trainees Teresa Stier (system administration) and Leonie Hörmann (office communication clerk) talked about their path into the IT industry, which ultimately led them to doubleSlash.
"The campaign Know What Works, research on the Internet and an internship that contributed significantly to my choice led me to the profession of IT specialist for system integration. The decisive criterion for me was that there are new tasks every day and thus variety is brought into everyday life. As I am already very interested in computer technology in my private life, it was a relatively easy decision for me to choose this profession. You also have a certain amount of security with regard to the future as IT professions will certainly continue to be in high demand," says system administrator Teresa Stier.
"It's important for us to pick up girls at an early age and show them that IT isn't just for boys with campaigns like Girls Day," says Schiffmann.
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