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>Ninety-four percent of our respondents self-identified as men, 5 percent as women, and 1 percent as non-binary/other. Seems like this survey was highly self s
by aphextron 8y ago
>Ninety-four percent of our respondents self-identified as men, 5 percent as women, and 1 percent as non-binary/other.
Seems like this survey was highly self selective, so I'd take the entire thing with a grain of salt. There's no way the industry as a whole is anywhere near 96% male.
- mtberatwork 8y agoAlso, 76% of respondents were under the age of 35 and 66% reported to be working at a company with < 99 employees.
- clarkmoody 8y agoThis stood out to me as well. How the survey respondents were selected could have had a huge impact on the demographics.
- jfim 8y ago> There's no way the industry as a whole is anywhere near 96% male. What do you think is the correct percentage? 96% seems reasonably close to the anecdotal gender ratio (~1/35 students being female) of undergrads from when I was in university a long time ago.