Re: [Dorset] Education

2018-03-20 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
On 20/03/18 17:57, Terry Coles wrote: Try again. On Tuesday, 20 March 2018 09:12:27 GMT PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: The makeup of the LUG fits the M/F proportions pretty well. Why don't more women take up software? I once [c1980] had a team that was predominantly excellent female

Re: [Dorset] Education

2018-03-20 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
On 20/03/18 19:35, Keith Edmunds wrote: In 15 years of running an IT support/consultancy business, we've had one female applicant for a technical role. I would love to hire a (suitable) female techie! One of my Business School students became a techie at BU after graduation. I don't know if

Re: [Dorset] Education

2018-03-20 Thread Keith Edmunds
In 15 years of running an IT support/consultancy business, we've had one female applicant for a technical role. I would love to hire a (suitable) female techie! -- "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill -- Next

[Dorset] Re: Education

2018-03-20 Thread Terry Coles
Try again. On Tuesday, 20 March 2018 09:12:27 GMT PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > The makeup of the LUG fits the M/F proportions pretty well. Why don't > more women take up software? I once [c1980] had a team that was > predominantly excellent female programmers. There seems to have been a

[Dorset] Fwd: Re: Education

2018-03-20 Thread Terry Coles
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Re: [Dorset] Education

2018-03-20 Thread Natalie Masse Hooper
The simple answer to this question is "it's systemic". The "how to fix this" question has had a lot of time and money thrown at by various large tech companies in recent years, such as Google (I saw it first hand when I worked at Google) but they have failed to far - though the fact they are

[Dorset] Education

2018-03-20 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
Just wondering what your thoughts are on Computing education, after reading this article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/teaching-tech/ The makeup of the LUG fits the M/F proportions pretty well. Why don't more women take up software? I once [c1980] had a team that was predominantly