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Easy to explain. Field is male dominated. Women enter and the ones that enter raise faster than men. One can speculate whether there is a promotion bias or th
by heisenbit 10y ago
Easy to explain.
Field is male dominated.
Women enter and the ones that enter raise faster than men. One can speculate whether there is a promotion bias or the ones that enter have an above average pioneering spirit but...
...it takes time and experience to raise to the top. And not that many women have 15+ years relevant tech experience.
The only mystery is why journalist not see that. In any case it is good to see some hard data at least on the engineering and first management level dispelling the myth that women are discriminated against.
- dismantlethesun 10y agoI'd suspect both. Women in tech are more closely scrutinized out of the sheer virtual of being a novel demographic within a company. Upon close scrutiny it is discovered that these women are actually amazing practitioners, because all the women who were on the wrong side of the bell curve dropped out under their close scrutiny experienced in high school or university. Thus women are promoted faster. It's survivor bias. Most people have a 'spotlight effect' in that they believe they are noticed more than they really are, but for a woman in tech it might actually be true.