How I Taught Millions Of Women The Most Important Skill: Girls Who Code Founder: Reshma Saujani

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Reshma is the founder of Girls Who Code, one of the most influential non-profits in the world which has introduced millions of women to coding and the tech industry. She is also the author of Pay Up, a book about how to get women further in the workplace. Reshma was initially a prophet of the thinking that women could have it all, if only they tried twice as hard as everyone else they could achieve anything they wanted to. Now, she’s changed her mind. Trying to run an organisation with over 500 employees while looking after a young family full-time simply proved too much. Women simply have too much stacked against them having to juggle work and family life to properly pursue their careers without special consideration. What really stands out about Reshma is the fact that having built an enterprise that was on its way to changing the world, she had the humility to change her mind about major parts of her philosophy. Reshma’s story is one of how to realise and bounce back from your mistakes, no matter who you are or how far you’ve come. It takes a lot of courage to do that, but courage is something that Reshma has never had in short supply. Follow Reshma: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/reshmasaujani Twitter - https://twitter.com/reshmasaujani Reshma’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pay-Up-Future-Women-Different/dp/1982191570 Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm going to figure out how to teach every single girl to code.
0:03.0	That's how the world is going to be a better place.
0:05.0	Founder of CEO of Girls who Code,
0:08.0	Best-selling author, Reshma Sundial.
0:10.0	I was often bullied at school.
0:12.0	Our house would get spray-painted go back to your own country and my mother just takes a look at me and she's just crying and I remember thinking I will never be silent so I ran for Congress. The New York Times finally acknowledged my
0:25.3	race and they sent a reporter and were knocking on doors where you had young girls
0:28.4	having my poster up. She then decides to write a story about my shoes. I'm not buying into that bullshit.
0:35.0	I wasn't going to let failure break me.
0:38.0	When I started girls who code, 0.4% of girls were interested in coding.
0:41.0	And then we ended up with 10,000 girls who
0:44.0	code clubs and then we exploded in India and in the UK and girls were interested in
0:48.7	making the world a better place. In building girls who code, tell me about the other side.
0:54.0	You know, at the same time I was trying to build girls who code, I was trying to have a baby.
0:57.4	I had more miscarriages than I can count.
1:00.9	Think when you are a social entrepreneur and you building something the work is never done and it's always at the sacrifice of others for me I got that really wrong
1:10.0	Really wrong.
1:11.0	So what advice would you give to people who are probably veering towards another
1:16.4	rock bottom in their lives? I think... So without further ado, I'm Stephen Bartlett and and this is the diary of a CEO, USA Edition.
1:25.9	I hope nobody's listening, but if you are, then please keep this to yourself. of.
1:44.2	through your story it reminded me of a quote that I read many years ago and I saved this quote in my bookmarks and Twitter and so I went and looked for this quote
1:48.1	when I knew you were coming here today and it and it somewhat resonated with me in terms of
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