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I don't understand the focus on making women want to code. Maybe women just like different career choices then men. Does it really make sense to spend $50M on
by TheMagicHorsey 12y ago
I don't understand the focus on making women want to code. Maybe women just like different career choices then men. Does it really make sense to spend $50M on marketing to convince women to code?
- oh_sigh 12y agoGoogle seems to think so. IIRC, 20% of their software engineering staff are women. This is probably because 20% of the software engineers in America are women. If google could help push that number up to near parity, then they will have hundreds of thousands of new potential applicants to help create skynet 2.0.
- aianus 12y agoNot unless the class sizes get that much larger at the top schools. In reality they'd just be displacing the weaker male students at admission time. Edit: Downvoted for a tautology? This site is going the way of reddit.