BROOKLYN COLLEGE–Girls Who Code, along with Brooklyn College’s Computer Science Club, brought three women working in computer science to share their knowledge and advice with BC students looking to learn more about the present state and future of the major.
“Our goal was to give Girls Who Code members the opportunity to connect with women working in the industry. Bringing in three women software engineers to share advice and speak with the next generation is exactly the kind of impact we hope our club can make,” said Munisa Ilhomova, the president of Girls Who Code and a senior at BC.
Students were greeted by: Amena Khan, a software engineer at Macquire Group; Oleksandra Kurbanova, a software engineer at Capital One; and Allina Khan, a former software engineer at BlackRock. These women shared their experiences within their jobs and any intel they had within the field of computer science.
When learning about being in the workforce, Amena Khan told students to “do the best you can in the beginning, and then you make mistakes, you adjust, and you keep at it. I think AI helps a lot with that, too, to be able to communicate technical concepts to people who are more business-oriented.”
