Comments on: The Discussion About The Lack of Women In Tech

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:11:38 +0000

Men who ask 'does it matter if there are women in tech' shows that they feel women have nothing to offer. It's insulting and demeaning. Look at the inventions that the world is losing out on by excluding women in certain fields.

But I can tell you that in one company I worked for the boss would rather have the project fail than to acknowledge and use the ingenuity of the technical women. And I'm not kidding. Men would do anything to keep women out so that they can pretend only men are good at working in tech.

By: @pemo

@pemo — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:18:41 +0000

Thanks for this post Brad, you are a star supporting women entrepreneurs & also the Startup Visa. I recently interviewed Randy Komisar on Women Entrepreneurs http://www.ezebis.com/venture/randy-komisar-inter... and European Entrepreneurs too. And even more recently Tereza on xx combinator http://www.ezebis.com/venture/tereza-xxcombinator... Keep up the good work Brad!

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:31:14 +0000

Jo – welcome to Boulder! You should definitely connect with Lucy Sanders (as you may know, NCWIT is housed in the ATLAS building on the second floor.)

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:19:16 +0000

Yes - there has been enormous progress. Some of it is documented on the NCWIT site (www.ncwit.org)

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:16:03 +0000

I think the phrase has been co-opted to mean “roughly equal amount of men and women” – especially in the context of a male dominated domain. Gender parity is probably a better phrase as you point out.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:12:01 +0000

I just read it – great post!

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:11:59 +0000

Your last paragraph is right on the money, especially the concluding sentence:

Instead, emphasizing that modern software development has become rather social and interactive (Agile, XP, etc.) in comparison with the past, so that girls don't view the career as "sitting in front of a screen all day alone," would be much more productive.

This is one of the big things that has been figured out.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:11:59 +0000

Oops. The irony is – indeed – everywhere.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:11:56 +0000

There is some stuff at www.ncwit.org as well as links to some of the other research. That's a good place to start.

By: @pemo

@pemo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:16:16 +0000

Thanks for your comment & links, really interesting. I recently did an interview with Randy Komisar on Women Entrepreneurs http://www.ezebis.com/venture/randy-komisar-inter... After failing in a 5 year dream to raise venture, I decided to do what I could to raise awareness for women entrepreneurs sourcing venture. Let's bridge the gap in however we can...