 more women interested in the back-end work that produces those applications, and to emphasize that software and technology development is rewarding and engaging.
“There’s a beauty in all the logic behind computers,” said Moiseeva. “What most attracts me about the technology field is it’s always evolving.”
A different perspective
Moiseeva said women bring a different perspective to product design, and this should be welcomed. She noted, for example, that men not surprisingly designed cars that were hard to drive while wearing high shoes.
This spring, Moiseeva started the Buffalo chapter of Girl Develop It, a New York City-based program founded in 2010 that offers code-writing classes and monthly gatherings to women who want to gain proficiency in software and app development.
Christa Penner took the class on HTML and CSS, which are used to build websites, after largely teaching herself how to use the HTML programming language.
“I just wanted a better understanding of it,” said Penner, 30, who operates C Designs and Illustrations from her West Seneca home, offering graphic and web design services to her clients. “I was getting so much busier that I didn’t have time to figure everything out from scratch.”
About 10 women were enrolled in the four-week class. “It was very affordable, and it was not intimidating at all because other people were in the same boat as you,” Penner said.