> That's the problem though. Sometimes you need to give special attention to a group to ensure that their abilities and accomplishments are seen But this would

> That's the problem though. Sometimes you need to give special attention to a group to ensure that their abilities and accomplishments are seen But this would imply that they actually possess these abilities and are accomplishing things with them. The problem isn't that we have droves of women programmers who are being systematically overlooked by potential employers - it's that there simply aren't very many women even interested in becoming programmers in the first place. In my 10 years of software development I've never been in an environment where anybody cared about someone beyond how their code was written and how well they communicated with others. Women, at every place I've worked, have always been treated as equals. I personally wish there was more women in Tech but for completely selfish reasons - I like interacting with women. But as I mentioned down below, I just wish we had more people in tech in general, regardless of who they are. For whatever reason, though, women 10-20 years ago weren't very interested in tech. The medical field and the hard sciences, sure, where they are actually very well represented. But not tech. But I'm guessing that's going to change on its own because of the one great equalizer - money.