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.