Tech Needs More Women
There, I said it. The tech industry needs more women to get in and make things right again. It’s way too male dominated and it doesn’t have to be.
Over half of the professionals in the United States are women. They account for nearly 50% more college degrees than men. With this kind of knowledge, how is it right that less than 20% of the working computer hardware engineers are men? Answer: it isn’t.
This graphic by our friends at SocialCast lays the foundation for why the tech world needs more women. Pay attention – we should expect to see this male-dominated industry fall to the females soon enough.
But women will do the same job for less pay, so why are any men hired at all? Hmm… are dollars sexist, and so more attracted to companies that hire men for the tech jobs?
I think the reasoining of this article is completely illogical. There is not a secret code to keep women out of the tech industry. The actual reason is that there are simply not enough women in that career field. I have recently graduated from college and I remember most of tech programs had women/male ratios of 3:10 or less.
The feminist movement has brought companies to try to balance their workforce, lowering their standards and hiring and promoting less qualified women which is the true definition of sexism and is completely unfair.
How about hiring a person based on is qualifications rather than on his gender? I believe that is the real meaning of social equality.
IT needs more sluts that dig nerds
Thank you for this nice infographic. Just a small correction – The “Female vs. Male Startup Founders” study was done by Kauffman and NCWIT (Naitonal Center for Women & IT) and not as noted above.
Thanks!
I think you are off on this one. you sound like Data from star trek. men and women are different. WOMEN – IF YOU ARE NOT ATTRACTED TO COMPUTERS FROM THE INSIDE DON’T LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO TRY TO SELL YOU ON WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING WITH YOUR LIFE. DO WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART.