I can understand why women wouldn’t want to be engineers because I can understand why most men also don’t want to be engineers. Engineers are a small subset of

I can understand why women wouldn’t want to be engineers because I can understand why most men also don’t want to be engineers. Engineers are a small subset of the total population and it’s difficulty to say whether we have optimized for either sex but trying to make a one-size-fits all environment seems sub optimal if the goal is to increase total numbers of CS professionals. CS programs should be as popular as ever for males, but it does seem like they could be more popular for females if there were environmental adjustments. Rather than trying to adjust the entire environment (which may discourage men from entering) to one-size-fits-all, I think it makes more sense for some schools to specialize in attracting and training women and in turn those companies that provide meaningful opportunities and environment that are important to women can also more easily find a larger pool of talent.