Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017)
by lollipoplol on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:14AM
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This also isn't true in places other than North America. In countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, there is way more gender parity in IT than in the USA.
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Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017)
by seanmcdirmid on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:32AM
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Are we really sure? China was said to be different, and yet when I worked there, we were called out for having worse gender diversity than our stateside counterparts. It turned out that while China produced many more female CS graduates, they didn’t stay in technical positions long enough to solve gender diversity problems after graduation.
India also has problems it seems, eg http://bwsmartcities.businessworld.in/article/Is-India-Inc-C.... I wouldn’t say any country has really solved this problem.
Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? (2017)
by GhostVII on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:17AM
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In poorer countries like the ones you listed, the benefits of a higher paying job are more likely to outweigh the social costs than they would be in a more wealthy country. So the social aspect becomes less important.