Currently, women only represent 27.5% of software developers globally (source at bottom of article). The software developer community has a long way to go to reach gender equality and one of the ways to do this is to help highlight female developers.

So, we asked some female software developers to share their advice for others that are thinking about becoming a software developer or just starting out on their coding journeys. They thought about how they felt when just starting out, or when making the decision to become a developer and their responses were amazing.

These women shared great advice, inspiration, and tips, as well as their favorite things about programming, all to help make others journeys into software development a little easier. Without further ado, here’s some of the advice these female devs had to share.

Go All In

Many shared the sentiment that you must go all in and believe that you can, in order to excel in software development.

Maria Reyes, from Mexico, said, “Everyone can learn to code. It might be easy for you or it might require a little more effort. In the end, you will get it. So don’t give up and don’t stop coding.”

Maria Cecilia Benitez Casaccia of Paraguay mentioned how it is a continuous learning process and that you should, ‘Always push yourself to become a better developer’.

Maria Eugenia Quemé Peña of Guatemala advised,

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