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It's actually not clear from the data whether women left coding, or did men just enter the field at a higher rate them women as the field grew? Maybe coding was
by rdlecler1 11y ago
It's actually not clear from the data whether women left coding, or did men just enter the field at a higher rate them women as the field grew? Maybe coding was a more attractive path for a single lonely nerdy guy who was too shy to ask a girl out. Of course as more lonely nerdy guys entered the field and that culture came to dominate, I'm sure that made it less and less attractive to women. But again, the author hasn't shown data to make the case that women were leaving the field.
- danielvf 11y agoYour hypothesis at least lines up with the big points in the data. Computer science enrollment went through a huge boom and bust centered on 1984-1985. In a five year timespan the number of computer science majors increased by five times, before falling back to approximately half the peak. The second big increase in computer science graduates was in 2005. These both correspond with the major drops in the percentage by gender chart. Points to you if you make a graph for us of the absolute historical Computer Science graduation rate by gender.