Women are leaving the tech industry in droves
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Re: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves
#2The article begins by introducing Ana Redmond, who "launched into a technology career ... well-equipped to succeed ... In 2011, after 15 years, she left before achieving a management position."
The article ends by telling us "Redmond now runs her own business making educational apps for children."
I'm sorry, but how does founding a company that builds apps count as "leaving the tech industry"?
I'm sure women face many subtle and not-so-subtle issues working in tech, because it is very much a boys' club, but I'm not so sure about the analytical merits of this article.
Re: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves
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#4Fascinating. Note to potential commenters: the same article just had a discussion thread which was flagkilled. Don't invest any energy or thought in your comment, as it's likely at risk of removal again.
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#5Fascinating. Note to potential commenters: the same article just had a discussion thread which was flagkilled. Don't invest any energy or thought in your comment, as it's likely at risk of removal again.
Flagkilled was here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9091810
Re: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves
#6Fascinating. Note to potential commenters: the same article just had a discussion thread which was flagkilled. Don't invest any energy or thought in your comment, as it's likely at risk of removal again.
I always thought it was the article that was flagkilled, not the discussion.
Re: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves
#7The article begins by introducing Ana Redmond, who "launched into a technology career ... well-equipped to succeed ... In 2011, after 15 years, she left before achieving a management position." The article ends by telling us "Redmond now runs her own business making educational apps for children." I'm sorry, but how does founding a company that builds apps count as "leaving the tech industry"? I'm sure women face man…
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Re: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves
#8The article begins by introducing Ana Redmond, who "launched into a technology career ... well-equipped to succeed ... In 2011, after 15 years, she left before achieving a management position." The article ends by telling us "Redmond now runs her own business making educational apps for children." I'm sorry, but how does founding a company that builds apps count as "leaving the tech industry"? I'm sure women face man…
The other woman they were talking about is an engineer at Pinterest - she didn't leave the tech industry either.
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#9The article leads with Ana Redmond and Garann Means but the featured photo is Tracy Chou? The author doesn't even mention Chou until the 19th paragraph!
Re: Women are leaving the tech industry in droves
#10The article begins by introducing Ana Redmond, who "launched into a technology career ... well-equipped to succeed ... In 2011, after 15 years, she left before achieving a management position." The article ends by telling us "Redmond now runs her own business making educational apps for children." I'm sorry, but how does founding a company that builds apps count as "leaving the tech industry"? I'm sure women face man…
Problem exists that CAN affect women != women's problem. Problem that ONLY affects women == women's problem. Wish that distinction was made more often. That the 20% figure for women is so consistent (and a lie I might add, I doubt 10% represents DBAs, and I bet that the PR and HR departments have closer to 100% females) is surely SOMETHING.
My girlfriend is a lawyer and she is quitting for much the same reasons - the long hours, the fact that to get promoted you need to get clients which you need to be part of the boy's club to do etc etc.
The thing, is MANY of her male peers feel the same way.
The biggest difference IMHO is that women have more guts than men and actually will leave. Most men ARE their jobs, so they stay DESPITE how terrible it is.
Women, often with more rounded senses of self esteem, go "fuck this shit - I'm Audi".
I'm not sure how that is a good thing for men OR women, and I'm not sure how to fix it. "Make women miserable" seems, to me at least, the worst outcome, but really, that's the only way to address the issue of ratios, without addressing the underlying issues.