Post 3 (Class Discussion Review)

    We spoke heavily for two days about women in computing, the huge disparity in numbers between men and women in CS, and whether or not it needs to be "corrected." I did a little research, and discovered that currently, less than 20% of CS bachelors degrees are earned by women. That being said, trends discussed in class are showing that 30% of the CS jobs are going to women. All other things being equal, I feel that means the system is treating women just as fairly as men in terms of opportunity. I also feel that the market as a whole should be examined in respect to gender numbers. If men and women are equally targeted with a software product, then I feel it's appropriate to have equal input from both genders in the software's creation. However, if the target demographic is predominately one gender (for example, certain genres of video games), I believe it is more sensible so have it produced predominately by that gender. Guys know what guys like. Women know what women enjoy. If people were being denied opportunities based on gender, and whenever that is the case, it is wholly unacceptable. In the case of women in the technical field, current employment trends with the percentage of bachelor degrees. If we want to see a larger female presence in the tech world, the push will have to be made much earlier than the hiring floor.