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I would agree with the first option, if people want more women in IT, the only realistic way is to get more in IT schools, recruitment quotas won't change anyth

I would agree with the first option, if people want more women in IT, the only realistic way is to get more in IT schools, recruitment quotas won't change anything about the reality of the field at all. It's just going to make things worse by triggering internal fights because some employees feel left out (already happens it seems). Even if in the hypothetical case where you manage to hire 50% women, you are just reducing the percentage of women everywhere else, it's not that much of an achievement.

TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
There are just as many girls in high school math classes than boys[1], and they tend to do just as well as boys. Most STEM programs also offer scholarships exclusively to women. At what point should we recognize that it just doesn't seem to be a career path women want to take? Should we really coax them to go into careers they don't want en masse? [1] https://edsource.org/2017/girls-now-outnumber-boys-in-high-school-stem-but-still-lag-in-college-and-career/578444 https://edsource.org/2017/girls-now-outnumber-boys-in-high-s...