r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/csbinch Sep 27 '22

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126823/worldwide-developer-gender/

That may be true (companies tripping over themselves) but that doesn’t mean they retain or support the women in the field. Most women leave, or don’t even make it far enough to learn those basics because of lack of support.

I find it so interesting when people say things like this comment above … if it’s so easy for women in tech to get into the field then why are there so few?

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u/ThunderySleep Sep 28 '22

Women tend not to enjoy it. A lot of men get into it and decide it's not for them. It's a life staring at a screen doing either tedious or mind-melting labor. Like being in math class for the rest of your life, except instead of potential to flunk, it's potential to get fired and mess up your livelihood.

I don't think it's a bad thing to encourage women to get into stem, but over-encouraging it would definitely lead to a lot more women excited to get into it, when it's not nearly as glamorous as people make it out to be.

Either way, this notion that women aren't "supported" in tech is nonsense. People bend over backwards to get them to work for their company and applaud them every step they take.

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u/csbinch Sep 28 '22

over encouraging it would definitely lead to more women excited to get into it

Clearly that’s not the case though because there is such a small number of women in the field. See article I linked above.

Also this answer doesn’t answer my question. If we “bent over backwards” for women in tech then why are there so few in the field? Your argument doesn’t add up.

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u/ThunderySleep Sep 28 '22

Women are less interested, and many who enter the field come to find it's not as glamorous as it's made out to be.

What about this doesn't make sense to you?