When a pregnant Marissa Meyer took over as Yahoo's CEO last year, the tech industry seemed to enter a new era: the end of the glass ceiling.
But the truth is, there's still an alarming shortage of women becoming engineers, particularly software engineers.
For instance, less than 12 percent of computer science degrees earned in 2010-11 were awarded to women.
There's a lot of programs to encourage more women to enter the field from the Ladycoders seminars to the Anita Borg Institute (ABI), which today announced the winners of its 2013 Women of Vision Awards.
For the women who do choose a tech career, the sky's the limit. There's plenty of opportunity to become a power player, at big companies and hot startups alike.
Genevieve Bell, Director of Interaction and Experience Research in Intel Labs
Genevieve Bell is an anthropologist who joined Intel to help the company figure out how to make gadgets that people love.
A couple of years ago, Intel asked her to create a new R&D unit to come up with future computing products. As her LinkedIn profile says: "Very cool!"
Bell is also the author of "Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing" and one of the 2013 recipients of the Anita Borg Institutes' Women of Vision Awards.
Jocelyn Goldfein, director of engineering at Facebook
Jocelyn Goldfein is responsible for new product design and architecture in Facebook's crucial engineering department.
Her teams work on News Feed, search, and photos.
Before Facebook, Goldfein was a vice president at VMware. Like many of the other women on this list, Goldfein is also a mentor helping young women enter the engineer field.
Marissa Mayer, CEO, Yahoo
As the woman tasked with turning around Yahoo, and someone who is unafraid of controversy, Mayer is arguably the most visible woman engineer in tech.
She was employee No. 20 at Google and the company's first female engineer. She helped Google develop its search technologies and worked on a long list of other key products including images, maps, books, news, and the toolbar.
She also sits on the board of directors of Walmart.
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