Not only in Slovakia, we are facing an acute shortage of skilled people who would be able to fill thousands of offered positions in IT. Still, headhunters can't attract enough women. There are nine male colleagues per lady in our sector, and the situation at universities is similar. There are several reasons. Prejudices and stereotypes, but also differences in the mentality of men and women. Why do women think they have to work for four to gain recognition in the male world? Is the excessive demands of women on themselves the reason why so few of us help to improve (not only) Slovak IT? What can we, as a society, do to prevent this opportunity from being missed?
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Anna Záhorčáková
Anna Záhorčáková has been working at DITEC since 2010. For the last seven years she has held the position of Sales Director. Her task is to develop business and marketing activities of the company. She has been working in the field of information technology since 1986, after graduating in Automated Management Systems at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, she took up the position of analyst-programmer. Currently, she is the chairman of the board of directors of the joint stock company D. Trust Certification Authority, engaged in providing accredited certification services (issuing qualified certificates and time stamps). Business cases that have propelled her forward both career-wise …
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