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More than 30% of girls in tech don’t become tech undergrads
- Someone 4y agoBad article. It doesn’t say what percentage of boys in tech don’t become tech undergrads, so from the data it presents, it can’t be concluded that this is a gender issue. Read the source (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/women-in-tech-the-best-bet-to-solve-europes-talent-shortage https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-i...) instead. It clearly shows it is a gender issue, with a bar graph showing sharp drop offs in % of girls between early high school and B.Sc enrollment and between getting a tech PhD and (getting or pursuing) a tech role in any company. I don’t know whether it didn’t include “high school diploma”. That makes it unclear whether the drop occurs in high school or at the crossing between high school and university. And also, of course, there’s the difficult issue on whether women don’t get tech roles or don’t pursue tech roles as much as men, and, if they don’t pursue them, to what extent that is a 100% individual choice rather than partly/mostly societal pressure/boys networks/etc.
- danielfoster 4y agoAgreed.
- danielfoster 4y agoSo 70% of girls in tech go on to become tech undergrads? This seems very good, though there is no comparison to boys in the article.