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In Eastern Europe during the Cold War the trend was also the opposite -- with women in the majority. Women occupied the majority of those "dev" roles as it was
by s_dev 6y ago
In Eastern Europe during the Cold War the trend was also the opposite -- with women in the majority. Women occupied the majority of those "dev" roles as it was laregely seen as womens work.
- rijoja 6y agomm and a lot of the first computers where in fact women
- Dirlewanger 6y agoThis was the case in the US too, until about the 80s; not a majority of women working in programming but a much more sizeable portion of the workforce was.
- microcolonel 6y agoThis was a time (there was a similar period in the U.S, but it was earlier) when the direct operation of computers was essentially secretarial work, a level more sophisticated than operating a typewriter; it was not some magical era where women were the majority of people designing and implementing computer programs at the highest levels.
- romanoderoma 6y agoI think east Europe is also leading the numbers for rate of women in tech, especially as coders and they are ranked among the best in the World.