We believe technology is most powerful when as many people as possible understand it – and help shape it. The Zukunftstag – formerly known as Girls’ Day – encourages students every year to explore careers beyond traditional gender roles. So for us, the question was never whether to take part. Only: what did we want eleven girls to take away from a single day with us?
The answer wasn’t a polished presentation, but a genuine introduction. We showed them what we work on every day – cloud infrastructure, Generative AI, security, data – and what that actually looks like in practice: not as an abstraction, but as a craft. The girls wrote their own code using Scratch, taking their first real steps into the world of programming. And because chatbots and AI are increasingly part of everyday life, we took a closer look at the technology behind them.
What made this day special was the conversation our CEO Rachel Linnemann had with the students. Open, direct, and unfiltered: about her own journey, about what it means to lead a technical company, and about an industry that is still predominantly shaped by men. Which is exactly why we’re so proud to have Rachel Linnemann as our CEO – someone who isn’t just a conversation partner for these girls, but a genuine role model.
Days like this remind us why we do what we do. Not only for companies looking to modernise their cloud infrastructure. But also for an industry that runs on curiosity – and that works best when that curiosity comes from as many different people as possible.
