Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years

Post by ganoushoreilly » Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 2:08 PM UTC

badgersnake wrote: post #82

mikhael28 wrote: post #57

There is an expression which I think is fitting, in a weird way - a successful marriage does not have to last forever. For some reason, we always tend to imagine that, once a company or organization is created, it must last forever. That for it to ‘close its doors’ or ‘wind down’ is somehow a failure. And that’s just not true; a professional athletes career does not last forever, and neither does the lifespan of most…

She says she’s closing it “with a heavy heart”. It sounds like she wanted to continue.

Post by netdevnet » Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 2:09 PM UTC

busterarm wrote: post #78

flyingfences wrote: post #73

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The popularization of computer science degrees absolutely did push down the price of software engineers on average. The Big Names in SV are outliers; the rest of the industry employs us at wages far closer to other professions than they could a generation ago.

This. People really do forget what it was like just before the peak of the dotcom bubble. There were companies that offered perks like a fully paid lease on a brand new Porsche 911. This wasn't just for the software engineers either. If you could breathe on a keyboard, you could land a high-paying job. Demand was that high. That era of tech minted way, way, way more millionaires on average.

Post by netdevnet » Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 2:11 PM UTC

glitchc wrote: post #69

Running out of money is a common cause of business failure, non-profit or otherwise. Seems like their donations dried up with the economic slowdown. I'm sure they'll be back up and running once things pick up. Orgs such as these are easy to restart.

Post by cm2012 » Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 2:14 PM UTC

ivan_gammel wrote: post #87

next_xibalba wrote: post #76

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I have seen data presented multiple times showing the relation between a country’s wealth and/or economic freedom and women’s participation in stem fields. It’s a negative correlation. I often wonder if we should just be focused on maximizing individual freedom and let the chips fall where they may. This will result in some professions with extreme sex imbalance, and we should accept that outcome.

It is important to understand the reasons for that negative correlation. If you do, your conclusions would be quite the opposite - sex imbalance is not something to accept, but rather to fix. Many authoritarian regimes are expanding their economic base by enabling women to pursue professional careers. In some developed countries there’s no such pressure, so they are simply stuck in the past. They are not doing better…

Post by busterarm » Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 2:14 PM UTC

netdevnet wrote: post #93

busterarm wrote: post #78

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This. People really do forget what it was like just before the peak of the dotcom bubble. There were companies that offered perks like a fully paid lease on a brand new Porsche 911. This wasn't just for the software engineers either. If you could breathe on a keyboard, you could land a high-paying job. Demand was that high. That era of tech minted way, way, way more millionaires on average.

Surely, we can all agree that this is not sustainable. Companies basically throwing money at people that might not have the skills you need is a massive waste of money from the companies point of view.