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i haven't RTFA yet, but i'd be interested in seeing whether the same gender gap exists in other countries; from talking with friends who grew up in places like

i haven't RTFA yet, but i'd be interested in seeing whether the same gender gap exists in other countries; from talking with friends who grew up in places like Eastern Europe, it seems like it wasn't as 'nerdy' for women to like engineering, math, or computers, so more talented women got into the field in college and as a career

bct 17y ago
Malaysia has much higher proportions of women in Computer Science (~50%). It's almost as if it's purely a cultural and social issue...
rick888 17y ago
"haven't RTFA yet, but i'd be interested in seeing whether the same gender gap exists in other countries; from talking with friends who grew up in places like Eastern Europe, it seems like it wasn't as 'nerdy' for women to like engineering, math, or computers, so more talented women got into the field in college and as a career" This is a very interesting point. When I was in college, many of my 300 level or higher CS classes had more women than men. The women were either from China, Taiwan, Japan, or India. I rarely ever saw an American woman in any of these classes.