With 12 and 13 year old kids in Merthyr recently, I ask how many of them would like to work in technology. 12 sets of male hands go up and 1 set of female. (Similar to the ratio I am told for job applications to web companies).

But both girls and boys are equally enthusiastic about using creative software and most of the girls follow fashion and celebrity blogs, with some having made their own…

So what might help these girls consider tech