The Hidden Engineering Gender Gap

ifindkarma writes "Joyce Park, CTO of invitation site Renkoo.com, has written a two-part essay exploring why there is no pipeline of self-taught female engineers entering the tech industry via Open Source or other individual efforts. In The Hidden Engineering Gap, she asks why there are so many self-taught male software engineers in startups, but no similar pool of women. In A Modest Proposal, she discusses a potential short-term fix to the problem: a one-year, co-op, certificate-granting program for women set up and sponsored by Silicon Valley companies."

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Re:let's condescend to women

[Citizen of Earth]

Men and woman are paid the same. You should read a thorough study of the issue. Basically, men and women in the same career with the same qualifications and experience are generally paid the same. However, women tend to value family and pleasant working conditions and hours over raw earning power, so they tend to bring home less bacon, in absolute terms, around 75 cents on the dollar. Many people see this as some sort of a problem, but the only way to change it is to change women's fundamental priorities. I'm not convinced that any brain-washing program will ever accomplish this.

In short, the answer to the question "Why do men earn more?" is "because they deserve to".