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The Confidence Gap: Evidence shows women are less self-assured than men

The Confidence Gap: Evidence shows women are less self-assured than men

In an article by  Katty Kay and Claire Shipman in the Atlantic, they report evidence that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence.  Read on …. This echoes a study by Tassabehji and Vakola (2005) where they found the same confidence gap between men and women related to computer skills. Read on …

Worrying Demographics of Women in Technology

Worrying Demographics of Women in Technology

The following statistics from the Women’s Engineering Society show a worrying picture for women working in technology and the future of the UK. Only 6% of the engineering workforce in the UK is female (1) Only 5.5% of engineering professionals are female and only 27% of engineering and science technicians are female (2) Only 5.3%(…)

Why are so few women working in technology?

Why are so few women working in technology?

Why is it that, while women make up 49% of the UK labour force, they account for just 17% of IT and telecom professionals? What’s more, the promotion and visibility of Marissa Mayer, the recently promoted Yahoo chief executive, and Sheryl Sandberg, the number two at Facebook, comes as the number of women in the(…)

We Need More Women in Tech: The Data Prove It

We Need More Women in Tech: The Data Prove It

Male dominance in the field is bad for women, and bad for the industry, as well. Across the technology sector there is a major disparity between men and women. While 57 percent of occupations in the workforce are held by women, in computing occupations that figure is only 25 percent. Of chief information officer jobs (CIOs) at Fortune(…)

CodeDicks: The Answer to CodeBabes

CodeDicks: The Answer to CodeBabes

It is not clear whether CodeBabes was a spoof or gimmick or even joke – but it unleashed a storm on twitter and caused some consternation among many in the tech industry (women especially) http://www.onthemedia.org/story/codebabes-worst-thing/. Using semi-naked women in different stages of undress to “sell” web development courses at different stages of “difficulty” (virgin to(…)

Code Babes: Programming site that ‘leverages sexual desire’ sparks outrage online

Code Babes: Programming site that ‘leverages sexual desire’ sparks outrage online

A new website that promises to teach people to code by ‘leveraging sexual desire’ has been branded “the worst thing on the internet this week” and the embodiment of “everything wrong with tech culture” – although no-one’s sure if it’s a spoof. Launched last week, CodeBabes features a string of short videosintroducing users to coding(…)