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> Five years in, 75% of Ultranauts’ staff are on the autistic spectrum – and one reason for this is its innovative approach to hiring. Given that autism has a
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
> Five years in, 75% of Ultranauts’ staff are on the autistic spectrum – and one reason for this is its innovative approach to hiring.
Given that autism has a significant male to female ratio (quick Googling suggested 4:1 for Male:Female for autism), this seems to indicate that their percentage of women developers is low.
- pseudalopex 7y ago4:1 is the US average for software engineers.[1] [1] https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm
- eru 7y agoThat's less skewed than I had expected!
- kortilla 7y ago4:1 is about the ratio of male to female developers anyway so they shouldn’t be doing too bad.
- mkohlmyr 7y agoIf you take a group that's 4:1 on average, and then apply a subgroup filter which is also typically 4:1, that doesn't imply it comes out at 4:1 on the whole. Correct me if I'm wrong. It seems very likely that their ratio is far worse than that.
- 0-_-0 7y agoYou're right, the ratio will be closer to 16:1 after selecting out people with autism from the 4:1 group.
- pluma 7y agoAutism spectrum disorders are also massively underdiagnosed in women, in part because the way many girls are socialised requires them to behave in ways that can mask the social symptoms.
- eq_sd_ 7y agoCame here to say this too. Same for ADHD.