Re:Why are women leaving the tech industry in droves?
by nkurz on Friday March 06, 2015 @04:59PM
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I was temporarily accepting this, as it's the premise of the article. My guess would be that there is considerable evidence, but little proof, and even less quantification of effect size. There certainly could be other explanations for why women would be avoiding high paying jobs for which they are qualified, but there does seem to be something about technology that is different than other demanding fields with lifestyle tradeoffs such as law and medicine.
Equal opportunity is not the same thing as equal outcomes. If the culture of IT isn't appealing to women it doesn't necessarily mean sexism is involved. Sexism seems like a heck of a lot easier to overcome than, say, NIH syndrome or the fact that changing jobs is more effective at increasing pay than asking for (or relying on) raises.