Re: Dunno about hacking
Based on my observations, the issue with women in computer science related disciplines is a predominantly Anglo-Saxon phenomenon. It simply does not exist in Eastern Europe and is not particularly prevalent in Spain and Portugal (no opinion about Italy).
Certainly not my experience in the UK. Having worked in IT since the mid 80s, my first 2 managers were female. I would say, over the years, I've worked for more female managers than male managers. The number of female programmers, analysts, testers and other "lower grade" roles was not as proportionally high as the men, but always around at least the 30% mark, with the exception of 2 companies where I worked - they didn't get enough female applicants for technical roles.
In fact, through the 80s and 90s, there was a better distribution of females in IT, especially management roles, than I see in many companies today.
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