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That's hilarious. When you want views, just reference the "gender problem" in tech. Genius.
by JDiculous 11y ago
That's hilarious. When you want views, just reference the "gender problem" in tech. Genius.
- userium 11y agoThe idea behind this was that since 40% of women leave engineering in the middle of their careers (1), the site encourages women to get remote work in tech by showcasing their side projects. The goal is to decrease the amount of women leaving tech. Also, on a related note, we need women to stay in engineering in order to launch the next generation of startups (2). (1) http://www.studyofwork.com/files/2011/03/NSF_Women-Full-Report-0314.pdf http://www.studyofwork.com/files/2011/03/NSF_Women-Full-Repo... (2) http://readwrite.com/2010/02/20/you-cant-launch-next-generation-startups-women-diversity http://readwrite.com/2010/02/20/you-cant-launch-next-generat...
- prawn 11y agoThe creator and submitter is female. This could well be a problem she's familiar with and trying to solve rather than exploit.