Candidly, there are plenty of people who delude themselves that they are well suited to being a doctor or lawyer. That said, they're prestige positions, so the

Candidly, there are plenty of people who delude themselves that they are well suited to being a doctor or lawyer. That said, they're prestige positions, so there are cultural reasons for doing so. On the STEM front, a quick search immediately pulls organizations like National Girls Collaborative Project: http://ngcproject.org/ http://ngcproject.org/ Girl Scouts: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/about-girl-scouts/girl-scouts-and-stem.html https://www.girlscouts.org/en/about-girl-scouts/girl-scouts-... Girlstart: http://www.girlstart.org/ http://www.girlstart.org/ and Girls Inc.: http://www.girlsinc.org/news/editorials/inspiring-girls-explore-stem-girls-inc-celebrates-engineers-week.html http://www.girlsinc.org/news/editorials/inspiring-girls-expl... that provide either focus or programs for outreach in STEM more broadly than computer science. Now, I don't know the exact numbers for whether programs for pushing for women in CS are greater in number than STEM. That would be interesting to know precisely. Mostly, my contention is that, yes, there are organizations that are attempting to encourage young women to entering STEM fields beyond software. Now, at a city level where I live, I have noticed anecdotally that there's been a push for software based businesses from the local government. Though it's difficult to know for sure, my opinion of this push toward software as opposed to engineering is because the apparent investment in creating a new software company is lower than the investment in creating an engineering company. Engineering tends to be a more regulated field and often requires more expensive equipment. As such, I believe the city is interested in businesses that could have a large economic impact for a relatively low amount of investment. Now, is this so easy? No and I believe my city government's actions are somewhat misguided. That said, I doubt that where I live is unique. I do believe there's a national push for software based businesses because the apparent investment is low and the payoff is high. Along with that will be programs to encourage underrepresented people to enter the field and these programs will be visible. But, again, I contend they're not unique.