That Time When Women Stopped Coding

1- What occured during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer sciene? The share of women in computer science started falling at roughly the same moment when personal computers started showing up in U.S. homes in significant numbers. 2-Why does it matter that males had been playing on computers growing up? its a narrative that computer were form males and it was suggested that it is the reason behind gorwing numbers of male softwere developers.

Employee breakdown of key technology companies

What three take-a-ways do you have looking at this data?

the number of males are considerably larger. people of white skin are more than others. its becoming more even as we go from 2014 to 2017

Why diversity matters to your tech company

When are diversity efforts most successful?

Diversity efforts are most successful when they’re driven by a commitment from company leaders.

Why do diverse companies perform better?

Given that diverse teams are smarter and more creative than homogeneous ones, it is unsurprising that a wealth of research shows a strong correlation between diverse organizations and positive financial outcomes.

Give an example of how a diverse company can serve a diverse user base or vise-versa.

When YouTube’s almost entirely right-handed developer team built the iOS app without considering how left-handed people would use it, for example, 5% to 10% of videos were uploaded upside down as a result.