Today has been Kid Inventors Day! Unfortunately I know basically no children and my friends that do have them all have tiny babies that are a bit young for inventing.
In an effort to find a way to celebrate the day I had a look online at what things have been invented by kids.
The most notible were popsicles, trampolines and earmuffs. I figured I could celebrate one of those things to tick off the day. Popsicles would be easy. Trampolines harder without some planning (and I currently have a fractured tailbone so probably not advisable). Earmuffs also seemed easy until I realised I couldn't find mine and was loathed to buy more when I know I have some...somewhere! So that left me with popsicles but for some reason it just didn't sound that fun and like a bit of a cop out.
So new approach... Kid inventors sounds pretty interlinked with STEM to me and that is a thing I know about! I've worked in tech for quite a while now and I love it, but it can be a hard graft to get in the door, especially into VFX and especially as a woman . I'm really lucky that at Framestore in the departments I span (R&D and Pipeline) we have 9 whole women! I know it doesn't sound like a lot but it really is for the industry. So in this vein I googled STEM for kids schemes and came across stemettes.org!
There's a number of different ways you can volunteer with them depending on your experience and gender. The one that seemed like the best fit for me was this one...
So I signed up!
Can't wait to be assigned and meet my Sherpee in the next few weeks!
Kid inventors... 8/10. Looking forward to helping the next generation!