The Brogrammer Syndrome: Women and the Technology Dilemma
What do Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, eBay, Apple, Pinterest, Pandora and Indiegogo have in common? Lousy records in diversity. Google was the first to step forward in May about their lack of diversity acknowledging just 17% of its tech employees are female and 5% are black or Hispanic. Catherine Rampell from the Washington Post, suggests that the tech industry could do things to make the culture more female friendly. First would be to diminish the "brogrammers." Many Silicon Valley firms value and reward long, late hours which may not be accommodating to women, especially care givers. The men who work into the night to repair a bug right before it is to be launched get the glory. This work style is rewarded. The less dramatic style of a woman's approach was described by Ann Mei Chang, who was the senior engineering director for Google: Women are more likely to have tested stuff and worked hard all along the way to make sure there wouldn't be problems at the end, and that kind of work style is not always rewarded."
It is important to note that the ability to create more diversity in the tech world begins with fundamental, entrenched problems with education, STEM has done little to recruit more girl into math and computer science. Only about 18 % of computer science degrees and 19% in engineering are earned by women. Intervention needs to start before tech industries recruit. Is there a place for the Geekgirl? Of course, but it will take a combined effort of the education system and a change in societal expectations.
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