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Over the last several months, I’ve witnessed many controversial discussions among my friends, in my San Francisco community, and on online forums about James Demore’s memorandum. People of both genders are wrestling with the fact that fewer women go into computer science and trying to find explanations that balance their experience, empathy, and ethical aspirations. I’ve heard lots of good-intentioned people consider discouraging theories of biological superiority because they can’t find any other compelling explanation (like this post on HackerNews, for example). As a woman who studied computer science, worked at some of the top tech firms, and has founded a software startup, I’d like to share my take on why fewer women go into CS and my opinion on how to address the issue.
[...] I graduated from Stanford with a BS in Mathematical & Computational Sciences in 2015, interned at Apple as a software engineer, and worked as an Associate Product Manager at Google 2015-2017. In October, I founded a video editing website called Kapwing and am working on the startup full-time. Although I’m only 25, I’ve already seen many of my female friends choose majors/careers outside of STEM and have been inside of many predominately-male classes, organizations, and teams.
This article is one person’s humble perspective, and I do not speak for every woman in tech. But hopefully having the view of someone who has “been there” can help people trying to understand why there are fewer women in tech.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @04:53AM (3 children)
Yeah, it's not hard, just be good looking. If you're attractive, women will be happy that you talk to them. If you aren't, you're the person that makes them uncomfortable and scares them out of tech, regardless of what you say...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday May 12 2018, @02:57PM (2 children)
You're making excuses. Women aren't fixated on appearances like men are. In the course of a lifetime, you'll find a lot of beautiful, intelligent women who "fell" for some homely jackass far beneath your own level.
Well, to be fair, I don't know you at all. There may not be any homely jackasses beneath your level. Still, stop making excuses. You can't do much about homely, but you can stop being a jackass!
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 12 2018, @09:37PM (1 child)
Don't. Do. That. That is the opposite of advice likely to get you laid.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by deimtee on Sunday May 13 2018, @12:08PM
No, Runaway is right. Being a jackass doesn't get you laid, being an arsehole does. There is a subtle difference.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.