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If I may after a few decades in business and being surrounded by a super open family - I've always been open to anyone competent and interested in my stem field
by SebFender 2y ago
If I may after a few decades in business and being surrounded by a super open family - I've always been open to anyone competent and interested in my stem field.
Based on thousands of resumes I've received - 80/90% of them are men which approximately represents school levels found in most developed countries. It also roughly represents the level of employee we've taken on.
Based on this - Thinking a 50/50 ratio is possible in stem subjects may not be the best approach or simply not possible for many.
The most significant notion that may be forgotten - who is not only the most competent but the most interested person for the job you're posting.
What ever your gender - focus on being competent and eventually you'll find a good place to grow. And if they don't help you attain more - leave and find something else.
- me_me_me 2y agoWhen I started in SoftDev, way before forced diversion initiatives. I had pleasure to work with a good number of women engineers. They were all above average developers. This was a norm to the point that I'd assume any new female dev is competent from get-go. Sadly flooding corporation with people who have no idea how to code and are quota hires quickly destroyed that notion. The whole DEI actually is validating and reinforcing stupid stereotypes. And hurting the cause of bringing more women to programming in the long term.