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I'm wondering why this happened too. Have you already determined sexism caused it? Edit: I just want to know the history, and I'm not looking for rhetorical w

• kristianc 9y ago
  A couple of the suggested theories are that the tools designed to select applicants changed to focus more on logical aptitude tests, and on finding the right "culture fit." Another argument which I have seen is that the marketing changed to focus more on men and boys, and so the narrative changed to "personal computers are a thing for boys". Here's an Apple ad from 1985 often used to support that argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxNjx_VWJ8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxNjx_VWJ8U Personally, I find both of these arguments plausible. You don't have to look too hard to find engineers who don't think tech hiring works very well, and yes, that advert does exclusively talk about boys. I don't think "sexism" caused the current imbalance any more than I think Google's algorithm is "racist" when it shows racially objectionable content. I think it's a case of a rule being arbitrarily applied and having an unintended and unforeseen consequence over the far future. And if that's the case then its a legitimate and noble endeavour to try to fix "tech hiring" so that it does find the best person for the job irrespective of gender.