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I remember reading how salary parity is actually better for geek girls than it is in other industries, but woman-owned dot-coms only received 8% of total VC investment over the past few years (while women were launching dot-coms at a rate of 1 for every 5 male-owned businesses.)
Also, geek girls are less likely to be promoted through the company to senior management positions in IS departments than in other departments at the firm. I'm trying to find the study but I can't find it in my browser's history...it was fairly recent though...
I guess I'm not really surprised at the results, but at the same time I figured that since there are so few women in tech, those who are devoted to a techie/geek career would be more enthusiasitic or committed than the average male tech worker (i.e. only the 'elite' amongst women bother to commit to a tech job.) Then there's the whole separate issue of geek culture...seems to be pretty male-centric (sheesh just look around anandtech!) Women have taken to Instant Messaging and Internet commerce just as well as men have, but at the same time 99% of the video games and other 'geek recreation' are developed with men as the primary audience. I wonder if the appointment of Carly Fiorina as CEO of HP/Compaq and her weathering the merger and other crises bodes well for women in high-tech...she seems to be the ultimate role model.
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Also, geek girls are less likely to be promoted through the company to senior management positions in IS departments than in other departments at the firm. I'm trying to find the study but I can't find it in my browser's history...it was fairly recent though...
I guess I'm not really surprised at the results, but at the same time I figured that since there are so few women in tech, those who are devoted to a techie/geek career would be more enthusiasitic or committed than the average male tech worker (i.e. only the 'elite' amongst women bother to commit to a tech job.) Then there's the whole separate issue of geek culture...seems to be pretty male-centric (sheesh just look around anandtech!) Women have taken to Instant Messaging and Internet commerce just as well as men have, but at the same time 99% of the video games and other 'geek recreation' are developed with men as the primary audience. I wonder if the appointment of Carly Fiorina as CEO of HP/Compaq and her weathering the merger and other crises bodes well for women in high-tech...she seems to be the ultimate role model.
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