The booming ICT sector, with new job profiles and more and more young start-up companies,
and its hunger for young people with a technical background seems to guarantee
a well-paid job and promises rapid job-insertion and personal challenge. Yet these
glamorous opportunities do not increase the interest of students in ICT-relevant technical
subjects.Why do young people not enrol in these courses more frequently or at
least follow short training courses to become web-masters, multimedia experts, etc.?
Does the ICT industry only attract a certain type of person? Why are women still underrepresented?
The article reflects these questions in the light of the German discussion
of this issue. |