“The sexist, nerdy priesthood reigns supreme throughout the industry, and it’s turning girls off…”
“”The sexist, nerdy priesthood reigns supreme throughout the industry, and it’s turning girls off technology careers faster than we can bring them in: 41 per cent of women who do end up in tech jobs leave after 10 years, compared to only 17 per cent of men.””
– GitHub female engineer’s shock exit: ‘Sexist, nerdy priesthood regime is killing tech industry’
Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits, Alleging Gender-Based Harassment
Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits, Alleging Gender-Based Harassment:
The issue of how women in tech are treated needs to be addressed, she says.
It looked like GitHub was improving on this for a while, but apparently not.
The wolves of the web
“The barons of high-tech like to think of themselves as very different creatures from the barons of Wall Street. They create cool devices that let us carry the world…”
“But today’s money-gorged young techies want to enjoy the perks of city life. Thus they buy up, occupy and gentrify whole urban districts: they are seceding in plain sight.”
Tech backlash comes as it becomes clear that a cheap iPad won’t fix social inequality.