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.
How about we try and hire people who are good at their jobs, instead of trying to balance the sex ratio for no actual reason?
Just what I thought. At my college, I am seeing ratio’s of 1:12 [woman/men] (roughly) in computer and electronics (and/or science) degrees. So why is it that my government demanded that at least 1/3 of the people fulfilling executive and management positions is female within the next 5 years.
Wanted to add KyMaLabs ( ) to the list of startups owned by a woman (who also happens to be the principle engineer).
Well I for one have to agree with this article. Some will say I am biased, since I am a female small business computer repair owner. But I would really like to see more women getting involved in this sector. Women have a real opportunity to shine here.
Do the same thing with nursing and you’ll see that there is a larger disparity in that field. It’s important to note that both genders have their “domination” in certain fields.
These 30 women have made maximum impact in the startup scene, they founded their own web startups. check them out here: http://t.co/GuIKtdZ