Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Tech

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There are many lucrative job opportunities for those who learn how to code and write computer programs. But even as the tech industry struggles to fill its many open positions, the vast majority of engineers are white men.

Ellen Ullman is a novelist and essayist, and she's also a self-taught computer programmer who spent a career in the mostly male-dominated world of the early technology boom. She talks about her experience, as well as about her new book, "Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology."

This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.