Episode three: women and technology

May 5, 2012
Women are avid users of technology, but few of us work in the field. In fact fewer women graduate with computer science degrees today than they did in the '80s. I'm your typical technophobe. Yes, I use technology all the time, but I've never learned how to code and frankly I've always though it's best to leave these things to the experts. 

Listen to this segment to find out why I'm completely wrong, and how any of us can become experts - as well as why it is that tech has been a male-dominated industry for so long. Great guests again this week, from Vivek Wadhwa in Silicon Valley to tech star and founder of Lifehacker Gina Trapani, to my fellow CUNY entrepreneurial journalism fellow Adda Birnir of Skillcrush. 

Comments

[listener]

NCWIT studies also point out that women are leaving their IT/computing jobs at a high rate. I think the statistics are showing that women are being pushed out too. I am sure there is a connection between workplace bullying in IT and women leaving IT. One would think that women in IT would bring more women in but the "queen bee" syndrome causes women to bully other women even more! Studies have shown that women bullies target women 71% of the time! This is really something to think about.

[Ashley Milne-Tyte]

That's fascinating, thank you for bringing it to my attention, I'll follow up with them. That could make a great follow-up show, although I'm very sorry to hear this is happening.