Re: gender mix
[email protected] ((Randal L. Schwartz))
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>>>>> "Elaine" == Elaine -HFB- Ashton <[email protected]> writes: Elaine> I would be terribly interested in a running tally if anyone would be Elaine> diligent enough to contribute data. I am at a loss to explain why there Elaine> is, seemingly, such a dearth of women in Perl and computing in general. Elaine> I don't know that statistics will answer that question, but a pattern Elaine> might form. I was under the impression that the west coast had far more Elaine> women than the east coast in technical positions...I wonder why Seattle Elaine> has so few in this instance. My personal observations tend to match as well... when I started in 92, it was usually unusual to have a "token woman" in the course. As of last year, it's still looking like 30% at most, at progressive Silicon Valley companies, and 15% or so on the east coast. If that's your difference between coasts, you can say "it's double on the west coast" :). -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[email protected]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!