http://www.louisepryor.com/blog/2006/11/29/women-in-it/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.louisepryor.com/blog/2006/11/29/women-in-it/#comment-1037 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:42:49 +0000 http://www.louisepryor.com/blog/2006/11/29/women-in-it/#comment-1037 I first got into IT about 20 years ago, and my perception is that the number of women has fallen quite drastically in that time, particularly in technical roles. As a project manager, I regularly find myself managing all-male teams. I think a lot of it has to do with the way things went in the late nineties and the dotcom boom then, when it became a very macho, long working hours and young field to work in. A lot of women seemed to disappear around that time. I first got into IT about 20 years ago, and my perception is that the number of women has fallen quite drastically in that time, particularly in technical roles. As a project manager, I regularly find myself managing all-male teams. I think a lot of it has to do with the way things went in the late nineties and the dotcom boom then, when it became a very macho, long working hours and young field to work in. A lot of women seemed to disappear around that time.

]]> http://www.louisepryor.com/blog/2006/11/29/women-in-it/#comment-15 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:17:27 +0000 http://www.louisepryor.com/blog/2006/11/29/women-in-it/#comment-15 My impression is that girls' schools leaned heavily towards CS degrees, with the effects that Perdita describes. My impression is that girls’ schools leaned heavily towards CS degrees, with the effects that Perdita describes.

]]> http://www.louisepryor.com/blog/2006/11/29/women-in-it/#comment-12 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:33:10 +0000 http://www.louisepryor.com/blog/2006/11/29/women-in-it/#comment-12 This is not too surprising, as experience in universities (I recall, without actually checking any stats) is that the proportion of women fell steadily from the time CS degrees were introduced. We tend to blame the introduction of computers into schools, with subsequent identification of them as "boys' toys". This is not too surprising, as experience in universities (I recall, without actually checking any stats) is that the proportion of women fell steadily from the time CS degrees were introduced. We tend to blame the introduction of computers into schools, with subsequent identification of them as “boys’ toys”.

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