In the past, we’ve focused on our intern pipeline by recruiting heavily from schools with high percentages of female students. We’ve hosted and

In the past, we’ve focused on our intern pipeline by recruiting heavily from schools with high percentages of female students. We’ve hosted and sponsored hackathons and events with a focus on women in tech. We provide continuing education programs for female employees who want to learn how to code. These efforts have helped some, but it’s not enough. This topic has become VERY popular of late and is considered by most people to be such a worthy cause. Can I be a voice of dissent? If you've tried this hard to hire your fair share of female developers and you still haven't been able to do it, is it possible that trying to force it to happen may be the wrong approach? Perhaps it is the case that there just are not females who want to be developers at Fog Creek. The problem with equality, even equal opportunity, is that it is not realistic (the world doesn't naturally provide equal opportunity) and it creates as much discrimination as it purports to abolish.