Girls'Day 2025 at Posteo
Created at 14.May 2025, 11:45 | Category: Blog
Making coding exciting for girls: This is what our team set out to do again in 2025 for Girls’Day.
It was a great experience once again for us to welcome female students interested in computer science at the Posteo Lab located on top of Berlin’s Kreuzberg – and to give them insight into the job of a software developer.
Starting steps for computer science
After a round of getting to know each other, our developer Monika shared how she trained for her profession. She told the girls what subject matter should be expected when studying computer science and what job possibilities exist afterwards. She then answered questions regarding choosing a profession and everyday life on the job.
Workshop: How email protocols works
Afterwards, there was a more detailed look into working as a developer. Our team explained to the students what protocols are, what role they have in the global exchange of information – and how the SMTP protocol (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used for transferring emails.
Finally, it was the girls’ turn: With help from Anne, a team leader from our technical support, they could communicate with an email server using SMTP protocol, enter commands and deliver emails from the command line.
Choosing a field of study or profession without gender stereotypes
Our Girls’Day Team enjoyed the day very much. “We were delighted that Girls’Day at Posteo this year was also booked out quickly and the girls showed great interest in working as software developers,” said Posteo developer Monika. “It was great to see how motivated they were and how they independently started to try out their own ideas during the practical section. We hope that we were also able to dispel outdated role models and increase the girls’ interest in the profession.”
Girls’Day is a day of action for career guidance in Germany. On this day, girls in the 5th grade and higher can gain more insight into jobs that are primarily chosen by men.
This includes software development. Posteo’s development team has a balanced ratio between men and women. Many of our features were programmed by women: for example the Posteo migration service, our mobile user interface, the attachment browser with photo stream – and also our dark mode. But it’s not like that everywhere: In computer science studies and in the technology sector, women in Germany are still strongly under-represented.