Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men
by smegel on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:54PM
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I know the reason, because I have seen it in action.
Simply put, few women work in technical IT, but end up in management, business analysis, etc. And management has a faster and higher career path to elevated positions, while techs will top out at "senior engineer/developer" after about 5 years, and will be still stuck there after 20 unless they basically give up their passion and become a manager.
Of course, there are far fewer management positions than tech roles, as the are far fewer women working in tech generally.
Simply put, few women work in technical IT, but end up in management, business analysis, etc. And management has a faster and higher career path to elevated positions, while techs will top out at "senior engineer/developer" after about 5 years, and will be still stuck there after 20 unless they basically give up their passion and become a manager.
Of course, there are far fewer management positions than tech roles, as the are far fewer women working in tech generally.