Re:Autism and gender imbalance in tech
by sudosteph on Sunday August 06, 2017 @06:37PM
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Those are both fine points and I think we would find a lot of common ground if that was the topic.
However the title was: "Is gender inequality in technology a good thing?"
So is the author saying it is a good thing? Does he mean that gender inequality (as it presents today) is good? Or just that some gender equality (60/40 for example) would be as good as 50/50? I hope he means the latter, but the wording implies the former.
I'm just worried that he didn't acknowledge the potential for factors besides autism to be relevant or provide a more fair target equality ratio to strive for. That makes me think he thinks the current numbers are fine, which I disagree with. The level of imbalance we see today indicates to me we are missing out on talent, and my experience makes me think it's a pipeline problem due to underexposure of tech careers to logical, but non-tech hobbyist young females.
However the title was: "Is gender inequality in technology a good thing?"
So is the author saying it is a good thing? Does he mean that gender inequality (as it presents today) is good? Or just that some gender equality (60/40 for example) would be as good as 50/50? I hope he means the latter, but the wording implies the former.
I'm just worried that he didn't acknowledge the potential for factors besides autism to be relevant or provide a more fair target equality ratio to strive for. That makes me think he thinks the current numbers are fine, which I disagree with. The level of imbalance we see today indicates to me we are missing out on talent, and my experience makes me think it's a pipeline problem due to underexposure of tech careers to logical, but non-tech hobbyist young females.