Elance CMO Rich Pearson has seen the number of small businesses looking to bring on professionals with skills in web and mobile programming on a project basis skyrocket over the past twelve months, unsurprising since the tech challenge du jour seems to be developing and monetizing mobile without breaking the bank.

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Then, he suggests, the CIO should bring in young programmers who may be working in other parts of the firm but know modern programming languages, understand mobile and Web to work with mainframe programmers.

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The girls will have the chance to develop hands-on skills, such as programming, robotics, mobile application building, web design, video graphics, and 3D game design.

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