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I noticed to same (2) in all the startups I have worked at! about (1), to make matters worse, most of those international students are kicked out of US because
by calvinbhai 9y ago
I noticed to same (2) in all the startups I have worked at!
about (1), to make matters worse, most of those international students are kicked out of US because their luck didn't favor them with the H1b lottery.
A few years ago, as an international student myself, I found it weird to see hardly (compared to other courses) any American women (of any color/race) in CS/EE/CE/IT courses.
Some of the international students (including women) who graduated also had to leave US because no H1b.
Easy way to flood US tech companies with techie women is to give unconditional Green Cards to International students (stapled to women graduates' degrees). That way there wont be anyone pointing fingers at the pipeline. (the article also doesn't mention a solution to this problem)
Once there's close to 50% parity in tech work places, in a few years, girls in US will have enough "women in tech" role models to look up to.
Until then, they can feel comfortable in the techy bro culture only if they love Star Wars, Marvel and DC comics, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and console games, which is not a lot of women (and men) out there.
- warrshrike 9y agoAre you saying we should have H1B quotas exclusively for women (as you say "stapled to women graduates' degrees")? How is that not discrimination?
- calvinbhai 9y agoNot specifically H1b. H1b visa by itself gives unfair leverage to the employer, combine that with work place bias against women, especially in tech companies, I'd be surprised if any non male employee on a H1b visa dares to speak up against any kind of sexual harassment. w.r.t "Staple to graduate degrees", I meant green cards(gc). Similar to how canada does based on points. And sure, not just for women, anyone who is eligible based on points, should get a GC stapled