After months of being out of work, Maggie DeVito wanted to become a web developer. Luckily, it didn't take years of schooling and tens of thousands of dollars in tuition.

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In a groundbreaking disclosure, Google revealed how very white and male its workforce is — just 2 per cent of its Googlers are black, 3 per cent are Hispanic, and 30 per cent are women.