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I recently worked for a project in a Norwegian bank. Despite the claims of gender equality in Norway over 80% of IT personal and management there are male and m
by fpoling 10y ago
I recently worked for a project in a Norwegian bank. Despite the claims of gender equality in Norway over 80% of IT personal and management there are male and most women work in testing.
It was rather interesting to see then when the bank signed a contract with an Indian company, women were like 50% of their IT folks with no gender devisions like testing/development. There were still less women at management positions from the Indian company, but the ratio is better than in the Norwegian bank.
- rimliu 10y agoI wonder, why many think that equality should result in 50:50 distribution.
- kodfodrasz 10y agoI also wonder, as usually slightly more women live in a country than man, and woman have a slightly longer expected lifespan, which are effects which would distort the distribution.
- fpoling 10y agoLaw of large numbers.
- brianwawok 10y agoAssuming both genders are equally talented at a skill, and both genders equally enjoy a skill. We can both offer equal opportunities, and realize different genders want different things out of a job.
- fpoling 10y agoThat bank experience shows that women from India do show equal skills in IT. So the difference comes not from gender but from other things.