MATTHEW LEVINE: Right now we
have way more demand for
qualified engineers than
we have supply
of qualified engineers.
So if you know this
stuff, your future
looks pretty bright.
JACLYN DECICCO: Google Computer
Science Summer
Institute is a program for
rising freshman in college.
It's a three week residential
program held at Google, and
students come to Google
to learn all
about computer science.
NICK: Back at home, computer
science isn't offered in my
high school.
I went to orientation at my
college, and I was around all
these other kids that already
had prior experience.
And I would be starting from
scratch, and they would be at
a higher level than I was.
And the CSSI helped me get
a head start to that.
MATTHEW LEVINE: The idea behind
the curriculum here is
to give students the tools they
need to build something
that can immediately be used
by people around the world.
They learn HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, Python, App
Engine, and a bit of App
Inventor on Android.
We basically take them from
having little to no experience
with computer science to
developing a fully functional
web application by the end of
their three weeks here.
PRISCILLA: I didn't have a
lot of friends who are
interested in it.
But when I came over here,
obviously everyone here was
like, oh my God, computers
and code.
And it's really cool to be
around people who have the
same interests as you, that
complete interest.
And they're all here for a
common goal-- to learn stuff
about computer science, and to
see if this is really what
they wanted to do.
ALEXIS: Before CSSI, I knew
close to nothing about
programming, programming
languages.
And now, the fact that I
know these, it's great.
I know how to apply
them to real life.
I know how to make a web page.
I know how to make
applications.
SYDNEY: I am aware that a large
percent of the people
who work in computer
science are guys--
like, they're males.
So it's just really encouraging
to come here and
see that there are so many other
girls that are just like
me, and we're all into
computer science.
Especially since we do have
the boys outnumbered here,
it's really funny.
WILLIAM: It's definitely a great
opportunity to come to
fine tune your skills, to figure
out if computer science
really is right for you, or to
really figure out what area
you want to go to computer
science.
ALEXIS: If you're thinking about
applying to CSSI, do it.
There's no question about it.
How could you not apply?
RADHA NARAYAN: We also have
panelists from people across
Google who work in technology,
but in different roles.
So there are people who work
in engineering, in user
experience, [INAUDIBLE] design,
in research, analysis,
program management.
And you get a little taste of
what it would be like to work
in any one of these roles.
And we teach you the skills that
you would need to develop
if you wanted to join, later
on, in one of these roles.
JERICA JONES: CSSI was really
important to me, because it
was my first step in
a career towards my
full time job at Google.
From there, I went on to work in
the engineering practicum.
And then from there, an
internship, and finally I
converted to full time, which
was really awesome.
