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> I believe there is a much higher proportion of female engineers in India for example I worked in delivery centres in India and the Philippines and can verify
by ggeorgovassilis 4y ago
> I believe there is a much higher proportion of female engineers in India for example
I worked in delivery centres in India and the Philippines and can verify your hypothesis. I asked women colleagues there about their career motivation which was: state-sponsored IT studies, good earning perspective, safe working environment. None quoted interesting topics/career satisfaction as a top reason.
- hunglee2 4y agoI can't find the research piece, but there was also a factor of material benefit - basically, in poorer countries EVERYONE is motivated to gravitate to the highest compensation, whereas in richer countries, there is less of an incentive
- cycomanic 4y agoThe topic is called the STEM gender equality paradox. It was started by paper in 2018 [1] which only really reported on the correlation. I think there is still quite a bit of debate as to the reasons, why this is true. [1] https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797617741719 https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797617741719
- hunglee2 4y agoexcellent, this is research