I read
a
request for blogposts on "Women in Tech".
Here are three observations:
- The percentage of women taking A-level computing in the UK was never >50%
(quiz question - in what year was this exam first sat?), but this already low proportion took
a significant dive around 1984. Now why's that?
- In 2008 I gave the
welcoming address to the inaugural Lovelace
Colloquium for women students in Computing. This was the only time I have
been in a full theatre and been the only man. As someone present said to me:
"Now you know how it feels".
- In our
household, the gender divide of computer scientists is 50:50. This system
works pretty well.
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