Hello! Welcome to STEMINIST! Here you’ll learn about the drastic effects of an enormous gender disparity in the tech industry, easily find free resources to learn how to code, confront harassment in the workforce, and an inspiring playlist to make your mark in the tech industry.
Coders, programmers, or "hackers" are more than a guy in a hoodie. There is a diversity of people from all backgrounds interested in technology-related careers, but not in the workforce. According to Forbes, the average number of women in tech is 20%, and the number of women pursuing Computer Science degrees is 18% in 2015. However, in the nineteen-eighties women pursuing Computer Science degrees was at 37.1%. In today's day and age, the hope for a more accepting society appears closer and closer, so why the drastic decline?