A by the LA Times story made shows that women are mass abandoning the technology market.
According to the Code.org, jobs in computing will more than double by 2020 to 1.4 million. If women continue leaving the area, a shortage of skilled workers already urgently in technology going to get worse.
Currently, the industry is keen to hire women and minorities. For decades, technology companies have relied on a white and Asian workforce, most of them men.
Several programs now encourage women and minorities to adopt the technology early on. But amidst all the publicity to these efforts, a truth is little discussed: a. That qualified women are leaving the bulk technology industry
Anna Redmond, 40, left the technology industry after 15 years in the area. She told the newspaper that male co-workers seemed to oppose it. “It was like they were trying to get me out at all stages,” she said.
Garann Means became programmer and, after 13 years, also left the job, citing a hostile environment and inhospitable to women.
Tracy Chou, 27 and engineer on Pinterest, said it was already fired in a startup because your boss thought a new hire male was more qualified. When Chou asked for an explanation, he said. “It’s just a feeling I have that this person will be able to do other things faster than you”
“The continuing pattern of all these people treating me like I did not know what was happening, or excluding me of conversations and not trusting my statements, all these things added together and it seemed that there was a current sexism, “she said.
At that Apparently, women like Anna and Garann continue leaving their jobs. Anna now has her own business making educational apps for kids. Garann moved to Rome to write a novel and decide what to do.
When asked the would need for her to return to the technology industry, Garann replied: “All” “The main professionalism would be.. Just being able to treat each other with respect. “
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