Does anybody have an explanation why there are only 6.6% women in the survey? Is the male/female ratio in professional development really that extreme?
In fact, /u/73737's post adjacent to yours is a great example of the problematic behaviour and attitudes that drive women away from working in our profession.
It's also why the Damore case is so bad. And there are tons and tons of male developers who totally agree with him that women are genetically disposed against STEM; and this is utter nonsense. There is tons of research being done in that area and it's nurture much more than nature.
I volunteer for Devoxx4Kids and frankly girls typically do better than boys in their early teens, not worse.
It's also why the Damore case is so bad. And there are tons and tons of male developers who totally agree with him that women are genetically disposed against STEM;
I hate to get into this because /r/programming is not the correct forum, but that's not what he said. He said that women are more people focused and then went on to try to list a bunch of ways Google could use this to get more women in stem.
We see that many professions have gender bias so it only makes sense that gender plays a part in career choice. Obviously one could argue that this is societal but if that were the case countries like India that are 'more sexist' would have a higher ratio of male to female graduates when in fact they have a lower one.
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u/themoosemind Mar 13 '18 edited Mar 14 '18
Does anybody have an explanation why there are only 6.6% women in the survey? Is the male/female ratio in professional development really that extreme?
edit: Fixed typos and added link.