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>From personal experience and the teams I've been on, women have always been in the [minority], along the lines of 8-10 men for every two women. That's because
by HideousKojima 6y ago
>From personal experience and the teams I've been on, women have always been in the [minority], along the lines of 8-10 men for every two women.
That's because fewer women overall are applying for such jobs relative to men. Those that are applying are more likely to be hired.
- Communitivity 6y agoThat could be. I have seen women managers in charge of hiring who had a more balanced team. However, my anecdotal experiences are nowhere near enough of a sample to draw real conclusions from. If there are fewer women going into tech, that also may represent a problem. Here I have more personal experience, as my daughter is interested in digital graphic design and programming. She has faced criticism for this choice from peers, and from teachers, and online. Several people commented that the tech world is too hard for women. Perhaps fewer women are going into tech because they are being discouraged at a young age, if this pattern of discouragement turns out to be widespread. There are some efforts to fix this that have been getting more attention, including Girls Who Code [https://girlswhocode.org https://girlswhocode.org]. Also, thanks for the s/majority/minority catch. I've edited the original post to fix.
- GhostVII 6y agoIn my anecdotal experience the split happens pretty early, in early high school at the latest. All the people who were interested in computers in my grade 9 class were male.