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551 points adrianhon | 2 comments | 08 Apr 24 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source

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toolz ◴[08 Apr 24 19:57 UTC] No.39973124[source]▶

I do believe there are unique challenges to being a woman in tech, but the odds seem in favor of women doing well both back in the 70's and today with todays stats having roughly 20% of CS grads being female while some 23% of SWEs are female. That suggests there are more women in software jobs than women who have been pursing that career academically. What stats do you see that suggest the odds are against women in tech? I frequently recommend tech as a good field for young girls, but I'll probably not do that anymore if the odds are truly against them.

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1. IncreasePosts ◴[09 Apr 24 00:32 UTC] No.39975159[source]▶

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You need to look at dropout rate...what if women are 50% of freshmen CS majors and only 20% of graduates?

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2. petesergeant ◴[09 Apr 24 05:03 UTC] No.39976299[source]▶

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I'd like to see that rate adjusted for people who were hobby programmers before they started. I suspect more boys than girls do programming before college, and that having done programming before college helps people not to drop out. I believe that the key to increasing diversity in tech is to increase the diversity in kids who are programming for fun. I have previously supported Black Girls Code for this reason.

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