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Her mum is a software engineer and she was on a computer from infancy. Now she’s on the journey to becoming a Certified Technical Architect (CTA). Here’s how Emily McCowan, Salesforce Architect at Deloitte Digital, Salesforce MVP, Ladies be Architects ambassador, Brisbane Women in Tech Founder and Down Under Dreaming (BNE) Co-Founder, navigated through the challenge of being a woman in tech.

The number of local technology graduates over the next several years will not even come close to satisfying demand. According to the Deloitte Access Economics ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse 2019 Report, Australian universities produce fewer than 6000 technology graduates per year but more than 160,000 ICT qualifications will be needed by 2024 to meet demand.

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