If we're talking measurements then Empathy and Social intelligence are not a thing in modern psychometrics, but Extroversion and Agreeableness are, though (wome

If we're talking measurements then Empathy and Social intelligence are not a thing in modern psychometrics, but Extroversion and Agreeableness are, though (women score higher in men than agreeableness from what I remember). And of course they are not disqualifying factors. I think what he is referring to is that women in general prefer people to things, and that would naturally push more boys to computers. When I get home I'll update this comment with sources. My guess is the implicit assumption is that 'gender in tech should be 50/50', but the memo author was arguing that studies point to that this would actually not be equitable.