"So where does the obvious gender bias in the industry come from? It's actually gotten worse since the 1980s, not better." In terms of what? I have worked at

"So where does the obvious gender bias in the industry come from? It's actually gotten worse since the 1980s, not better." In terms of what? I have worked at many different small and mid-sized companies and they all had women employed as developers, designers, and other positions. I know this is just my own personal experience, but if this were really as big of an issue, I would think I would see much less women in these positions. "One is that women simply aren't as good at programming as men are. The other is that there is a persistent and difficult cultural bias against women in this industry." So there are only two explanations? In what world are there only two explanations? Especially with something as complicated as human interactions and culture. "But complaining about the "assault on the technology industry" in the form of pointing out that we have a sexism problem? That's not good engineering, bro." If the 'stats' and 'information' against the tech. industry are intentionally biased and used to mislead a reader into believing a specific viewpoint, then yes, it's an assault. I think one of the reasons that there are less women in silicon valley is because the 70 hour+ per week lifestyle doesn't work very well when you want to have a family/children. It's the same for men with children. You will not get as many promotions (or raises) in a company if you have to leave early often for appointments or just want to spend time with your children. I've seen it too often in practice to not believe it. It's also something that isn't even talked about in all of those studies about women and men salary comparisons. When you account for the women that leave to raise kids (which interrupts many careers during a time when you gain the most experience), salaries are almost the same for both men and women.