>number of intelligent women coders As opposed to middling intelligence? I'll assume this is a language miscommunication. >most of them quit half way >Male d

>number of intelligent women coders As opposed to middling intelligence? I'll assume this is a language miscommunication. >most of them quit half way >Male dominated workplaces seem to be a contributing factor to this. Chicken and egg problem: speaking from experience it's really hard, for your entire career, to be around men and more men all day long. Hiring women is hard. Getting women into programming via Dev Bootcamps has been the best attack on this I've seen, and it's a fun way to do it. >I think it’s coded into a woman’s DNA to not take their careers as seriously as a man and the change of that mindset starts at home. Stop right there! Cultural assumptions abound! >If there is any hope for an equal representation of genders in IT, it has got to change from the grass roots level. Correct. More dev bootcamps please. >what difference will women bring to technology. Well, I don’t know about difference What did women entering law, politics and medical fields do? Maybe nothing immediately obvious but the social ramifications these last hundred years or so have been massive, if nothing else I got to grow up having role models. Edit: links for related dev bootcamps or intro classes: http://railsgirls.com http://railsgirls.com http://hackbrightacademy.com http://hackbrightacademy.com http://women2.com/tag/dev-bootcamp http://women2.com/tag/dev-bootcamp