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user-inactivated  ·  3913 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There Is a Gender Gap in Tech Salaries

So what you're saying is, there's no gender discrimination, it's just that women are systematically discouraged at every level.

Well that clears everything up #bullshit





zaylea  ·  3913 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pretty much. I don't think there's much we can do for our generation, gotta get them young and teach kids to look at things differently (girls AND boys.) I've talked to younger female CS majors who were afraid they wouldn't be able to get a job because they wouldn't get hired because they're a woman. That's not really the problem, it's that well, they're conditioned to worry about that stuff, like they're inferior, and if they worry too much then they'll get all nervous and screw up the interview.

user-inactivated  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A different perspective would be that all of this hubbub about how terrible it is to be a woman in tech is, itself, driving women away.

But that can't be since it's women doing the talking...