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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 jmorris on Saturday May 12 2018, @06:05AM
Speaking as what is generally considered the resident "jerk" I gotta say you are coming off like a total jerk. Nobody wants to hire a sob story, they have things that need doing and need people who can do them, hopefully without causing so much drama that somebody else's work ends up consisting mostly of cleaning up behind you. Graduating with honors from "the worst" school ain't going to get anyone's attention, and if you can't figure out why you might not quite be smart enough for this ride. Show your work. What have you DONE. Where can your name be found in the CREDITS file of a project an employer might have heard of and thus have some respect for? Do you have a local reference for a major project you accomplished that demonstrates skills in an area you are seeking a job in? You ain't got a pretty degree from a top ten school (and the debt that comes with it) so what DO you have? Figure that out and work that angle.