The 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 s

The 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...