Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture
by Sacho on Thursday February 23, 2017 @03:58AM
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> then the only explanation is that the relative innate qualifications of people as a function of their gender changed between those two points in time.
Sure, for example, boys being encouraged to become computer programmers. There's an article on NPR that discusses this[0]. Also, when you say "the process", I'm not sure you're adequately describing the evolution of programming and its related skillset demands. A strong increase in competition would naturally lower the ratio of women to men:
- time invested in programming correlates strongly with skill
- historically men have been able to put more time into careers than women(who often need a better work-life balance to manage a household).
- the historic SMAM[1](mean age at marriage) gives men an extra ~2-2.5 years over women even if you assume equal parenting responsibility, before men must also make parenting concessions.
Sure, for example, boys being encouraged to become computer programmers. There's an article on NPR that discusses this[0]. Also, when you say "the process", I'm not sure you're adequately describing the evolution of programming and its related skillset demands. A strong increase in competition would naturally lower the ratio of women to men:
- time invested in programming correlates strongly with skill
- historically men have been able to put more time into careers than women(who often need a better work-life balance to manage a household).
- the historic SMAM[1](mean age at marriage) gives men an extra ~2-2.5 years over women even if you assume equal parenting responsibility, before men must also make parenting concessions.
[0] - http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-...
[1] - http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldmarriage/...