Changing the Ratio of Women In Tech: How Etsy Did It

First time accepted submitter occidental writes in about Etsy's push to get more women engineers. "You’ve probably heard of Etsy, the bustling online marketplace for crafters and artists. You probably wouldn’t be surprised to learn that most of its customers are women, both buyers and sellers. Ditto that the Etsy team is a pretty good representation of the Earth’s gender ratio. Yet when Marc Hedlund took the helm of Etsy’s Product Development & Engineering department, 97% of the engineering department were men. Hedlund realized that in his nearly two decades in IT, he’s hired no more than 20 women for engineering positions. This began to bother him. Especially after his daughter was born."

Comments

Re:Anti sexist policies are almost always sexist

[roman_mir]

I don't understand, why would I want to hire somebody I can't fuck?

(I kid, I kid).

Re:Anti sexist policies are almost always sexist

[Alomex]

Did they not let women apply before?

Perhaps their previous hiring practices discriminated against women, as studies have consistently shown most companies unwittingly do.

But no, it has to be reverse discrimination. The poor males that make 98% of the IT departments had it so rough. I'm glad you pointed this out.