re: #206 GunstarGreen

The tech sector has the same problem with attracting lady engineers that every other sector has. It’s not unique on that front.

Societal perceptions of traditional gender roles has a fair bit to do with it. Most women start looking at me cross-eyed when I start getting into the gritty details of hardware/software, and it’s not because they’re not intelligent enough to handle such topics. They most certainly are, they just aren’t interested. And keep in mind, this is within an IT shop context.

The question becomes “How do you get women to be interested in heavy engineering fields?” We have yet to find a good answer for it.

It goes far deeper than “attracting lady engineers”.

What is a “lady engineer” anyway?