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.