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While I don't disagree with you, I did want to point out you've given some bad information. [In the tech industry there is no clear case for a gender wage gap
by toolz 12y ago
While I don't disagree with you, I did want to point out you've given some bad information. [In the tech industry there is no clear case for a gender wage gap when we're talking about merit based salary.](http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/03/20/women-are-now-paid-as-much-as-men-in-tech-study-finds/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/03/20/women-are-...)
- jurassic 12y agoThe difference in starting salaries received by relatively inexperienced women coming out of Hackbright ($80k/yr) vs inexperienced graduates of the coed but mostly male AppAcademy/HackReactor/etc ($100k+) seems to suggest gender discrimination in tech salaries is definitely a thing.
- smt88 12y agoThere are problems with that survey. First, it was conducted by Dice, which is a "career hub" that is going to have some sort of subset of overall users. It wasn't a group that was carefully selected to represent the overall market. It's not a scientific survey. Second, these are for "tech positions", not engineer positions. No technical job is even on the list for women! Third, this survey only counts employed people. What about all the women who can't find work in their field? Given the fact that engineering is not a top-five "tech job" for women, I'd wager that many female engineers have trouble finding pure engineering jobs and must find something that people believe they're qualified for. On a semi-related note, I strongly recommend that everyone on HN listen to this: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-wom...