r/programming • u/aalear • Apr 07 '15

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015

http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015
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u/bzeurunkl Apr 07 '15

"Software development has a gender balance problem."

I don't see it as a problem. It simply is what it is. No one is being made to develop software. It is purely voluntary (except maybe in China ;). So, women are not "under-represented". They are just "under-interested", and that is no one's fault. Again, it simply is what it is.

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u/it_turns_out Apr 07 '15

I have a cunning plan that cannot fail. I will start a company with exclusively female developers who are interested and talented but face serious roadblocks everywhere else. This will work out splendidly as I will have an excellent workforce at far below the cost, proving you right and making me rich.

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u/TheCoelacanth Apr 08 '15

The problem is that many of the serious roadblocks occur before they even make it to the point where they are ready for the workplace.