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Survey: More Women Are Going Into Programming

Posted by Soulskill on from the progress++ dept.

itwbennett writes: We've previously discussed the dearth of women in computing. Indeed, according to U.S. Bureau and Labor Statistics estimates, in 2014 four out of five programmers and software developers in the U.S. were men. But according to a survey conducted this spring by the Application Developers Alliance and IDC, that may be changing. The survey of 855 developers worldwide found that women make up 42% of developers with less than 1 year of experience and 30% of those with between 1 and 5 years of experience. Of course, getting women into programming is one thing; keeping them is the next big challenge.

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  1. World to end tomorrow, women affected! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Same old, same old.

  2. Is it Friday already? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 1, Funny

    >> Percentage of uterus-possessing humans in random field annoys SJWs

    I didn't realize it was Friday. Please, go on.

  3. More women = good stuff! by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    I keep the sexual harassment forms in the bottom drawer of my desk.
    That way when a woman goes to get one, I can check out her ass.

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  4. Re:Keeping them certainly is the challenge by Grishnakh · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: the 80s were a better time. Everything went down the tubes with the invention of grunge music.

  5. Basement by Art+Challenor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do women programmer's live in their dad's basement? Just asking...

  6. Re: And we care because...why? by war4peace · · Score: 3, Funny

    And over 50% for both genders, while we're at it! Come on, I know we could ultimately have 100% of each gender in any given job. Failure to achieve that is our own damn fault!

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  7. Re:And we care because...why? by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 4, Funny

    We care because the new girl who entered the programming team makes an excellent coffee.

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