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I'd like to introduce you to some friends in North America who will be very interested. Please check out my profile for an e-mail, and let's talk.
Shukraan habibti!
Interesting that the proportion of female CS students is so high in those countries, I imagine it's more like 10% in most Western countries. Based on you inside perspective, do you have any theories about why this is so?
Anecdotally, I've worked for a lot of startups in Scandinavia, and one in Jordan, and that one had the most women!
Great initiative Laila! Interesting that the proportion of female CS students is so high in those countries, I imagine it's more like 10% in most Western countries. Based on you inside perspective, do you have any theories about why this is so? Anecdotally, I've worked for a lot of startups in Scandinavia, and one in Jordan, and that one had the most women!
Because there is a stronger economic incentive in Middle Eastern countries compared to western countries, more women go into STEM fields.
It seems like there is correlation between patriarchal societies and having more women developers. I wonder why, maybe because anyway the society is patriarchal so there is not much difference between this field to others unlike in the west where all misogynist white males concentrate in this profession and all the good guys go to law or acting or wherever there are many women and everything is equal and rosy. But th…
Hi! What other societies have you seen with a high percentage of women developers?
How I wish this works for Africa as well.
Here in Africa (Nigeria) to get a good tech job can take like forever... I am so happy you're helping out. Cudos!
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> Regarding payments, this has been coming up and we’ll need to pick your brain as we develop solutions. My contact information is in my profile. I'll forward to some people I know who had several problems with that. The last one I talked with worked with a company in the U.K. with the restriction the "worker" had to have a bank account in their country of residence, not in any other country. Explanations on exchange…
> What I also meant by payment problems is the disparity between the conversion rates in banks and on the streets. This is also a problem where I live (Nigeria). It's exhausting explaining black/parallel currency markets to clients/employers in countries with more stable currencies. Way too often I get the knee-jerk reaction that I'm doing something shady/illegal.
It seems like there is correlation between patriarchal societies and having more women developers. I wonder why, maybe because anyway the society is patriarchal so there is not much difference between this field to others unlike in the west where all misogynist white males concentrate in this profession and all the good guys go to law or acting or wherever there are many women and everything is equal and rosy. But th…
Great initiative Laila! Interesting that the proportion of female CS students is so high in those countries, I imagine it's more like 10% in most Western countries. Based on you inside perspective, do you have any theories about why this is so? Anecdotally, I've worked for a lot of startups in Scandinavia, and one in Jordan, and that one had the most women!
Anecdotally, I am Muslim and I notice that Muslims who grow up in the West have this pattern. If they are very Westernized in morality and thinking, then they are less likely to work in STEM fields. If they are religious they are almost 100% likely to work in STEM fields. I think religious Muslims get their source of ultimate truth from somewhere other than humanities and philosophy so they aren't drawn to them in college and thus they all funnel into STEM.
Women in the US are probably drawn to humanities and men probably drawn out of them in college (where feminist/sexuality lens is high in humanities), which could possibly lead to STEM being highly male.
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At least in Italy everyone would just think of the illustrator.
Oh man that's too bad! We have one partner in Italy so far (Bending Spoons) and they didn't mention this to us though... maybe that's a good sign, or maybe they were too embarrassed!
Great initiative Laila! Interesting that the proportion of female CS students is so high in those countries, I imagine it's more like 10% in most Western countries. Based on you inside perspective, do you have any theories about why this is so? Anecdotally, I've worked for a lot of startups in Scandinavia, and one in Jordan, and that one had the most women!
I've seen reasoning elsewhere along the following lines: Because there is a stronger economic incentive in Middle Eastern countries compared to western countries, more women go into STEM fields.