Software engineers Damir Duvnjakovic and Selmir Mujezinovic were the ones attending the conference and they were very excited to be there.
The breakout sessions included demonstrations of various (then latest and some even experimental) cloud-based solutions coming from the Azure platform in 2018 such as Azure Functions (a serverless platform) with a lot of accompanying services (like Event Hub etc..) making them ideal for IoT applications, CosmosDB a globally consistent/replicated highly available database as a service and others.
In cooperation with Leftor, Bit Center and BILD IT, we organized a three-hour meeting with the students from two Tuzla high schools who visited our company and listened to a lecture on Online safety by our classmates Azra Nurikic and Inela Bajric. On this occasion, they spoke about the dangers that young girls, teenage girls, and women are exposed to on the internet, and ways of protecting themselves in the virtual world.
Also, girls and women from all four organizations spoke with all of them and presented them with the benefits of working in the IT sector.
Through discussions with our employees, The students of the Tuzla Chemical and Electrical Engineering School visited the premises of our company and got acquainted with the work of the IT sector.
The students did not hide their enthusiasm with the way and conditions of work at this company. They talked to young people who work here, to find out what skills are required for employment in an IT company and what are the benefits of working in this sector.
“What got our special attention during the visit were very young people who worked there, eager to gain new knowledge and experiences,” said Professor Bezirovic Ramiza.
The shortage of girls in the IT sector is mostly the result of prejudices. Despite their love for mathematics and computer science, prejudices are affecting the decision of girls to build their careers in other sectors after leaving primary or secondary school, or they are completely abandoning their careers. That has been the main reason for the massive departure of young people to Western countries. Europe. This is the reason, Cape Ann Enterprises considers it their job to prove the opposite by acting.
Cape Ann Enterprises is one of the largest IT companies in Tuzla Canton employing around 60 + young people, IT professionals. What Cape Ann is particularly proud of, is a team harmony, culture, and interpersonal relationships. Software developers in Cape Ann are working on exciting and cutting-edge projects together with clients who are leaders in biotechnology, education, genetics, and science; clients that are introducing new technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence.
Azra Hasanovic and Jasmina Kadric are part of that team. These young and smart girls have been recognized in a very short time as a great potential that will with experience certainly become something to strive for.
How and why did you decide to pursue a career in the IT sector?
Azra H.: I consider the IT sector to be the profession that currently provides the most opportunities in the world to advance, and acquire new knowledge as well to earn an income. At the time when I was deciding on a career, IT seemed to me, to be the most promising occupation in the world.
Where did you acquire the basic knowledge required for a developer job?
Jasmina K.: I gained basic knowledge at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla, and then upgraded my knowledge by participating in a programming school organized by BILD IT in Doboj.
What did your journey to employment in Cape Ann look like?
Azra H.: Cape Ann is a company I knew from before and was my first and logical choice when I was looking for my first job. I knew roughly what programming languages they were using and what kind of clients they were working with. I knew a lot of their employees, and I decided to apply for one of their job openings, after which they sent me certain tests that I had to pass, to be invited for an interview. After the interview, I expected to be called after a few days, but the call came the same afternoon, and by the beginning of the following week I had already joined the team. I want to emphasize that after 10 months of work here, I am very satisfied with the progress that I have made and the knowledge I have gained in the company.
What are the career opportunities in the IT sector for a young woman?
Jasmina K.: For a young individual. I don’t like to point out women when it comes to working life. We are all equal here. The possibilities are endless for anyone willing to commit to the profession and make steady progress. We live in a country where many young people are unemployed or living on the brink of existence. Careers in the IT sector provide job security, above-average pay and comfortable life. Our company employs 60 + young, independent people.
Is the IT world finally stoping to be just a world of men?
Azra H.: If we remember, the first programmer in the world was a woman and therefore this was never a world of men. We all gain the same knowledge and pursue the same job so that there is no gender difference. Even those percentages say something completely different as more men are engaged in this profession, now that is slowly changing.
What are your professional goals for the future?
Azra H. and Jasmina K., Almost in Voice: When I grow up, I’ll be Mujo.
(Mujo is a highly respected colleague who, although young, has more than 10 years of experience and knows so much that any other team can turn to him for help in any area. And he is cool.)
7th September 2018 by Bit Alliance
The event was attended by 12 students, most of them were high school seniors from Dr. Mustafa Kamaric in Gracanica. The students had the opportunity to contact their mentors daily and discuss the tasks they received after each class.
At the end of the program, which lasted four weeks, the students were ready to create a quiz application, implemented in Python technology, which compiled all the lessons learned for that period.
Our educators Muharem and Vernes have been honored with special recognition by the Bit Alliance
We are hoping they will use the computers well and become even better at what they do.