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Why are most of the nurses, models, kindergarten teachers, women?
It's all about people's choices on what kind of work they want to do, or they think they can do according to them.
Anyone of any gender who does something society doesn’t expect from their gender faces constant pressure / judgement to stop that and conform. Think about a guy who wants to be a dancer or a woman who is into powerlifting. Most people are learning to mind their own business, but so many people programmed into strict gender role thinking will give them unwanted commentary or judgement
Also societal pressure depends on the culture. Some cultures say hunting is something women do. Others say it’s a manly activity. Those differences would result in a different gender breakdown for the same profession
We had a lot of female programmers starting from WW2 bc most of the men were doing hard labor or off fighting in war.
I think it’s largely because of parenting & culture. Most of my girlfriends didn’t grow up with women in CS as role models and were encouraged to seek paths where they could utilize their looks, social skills, etc. Especially growing up in SoCal the role models for women are models, actresses, influencers, etc. And women aren’t raised to be breadwinners so they don’t necessarily prioritize choosing high paying careers. I have a younger brother and he was forced into CS while I was encouraged to pursue law or the arts. CS isn’t exactly perceived as cool or glamorous, and it’s not social or fun. In many fields being a hot girl with excellent people skills can be an asset but in CS it doesn’t help at all, perhaps even working to our detriment.
As a kid, I was actively influenced away from CS and told by mentors & teachers that it was a boys club and my looks/social skills would be totally wasted as an engineer. But my parents are both engineers with EECS PhDs, so I had strong role models in this field and I never seriously considered doing anything else. However, everything my teachers & mentors told me as a kid turned out to be true, so although I am an excellent SWE I will definitely pivot out in the next few years.
If I were woman I would never choose SWE as a career. So many industries that pay better and are more respected (like doctors, lawyers or pilots) and don't require stupid leetcoding. Plus my observation is if you are NOT a nerd (i.e don't work 12h per day, plus side project / GitHub project during weekend) you are being "targeted" by nerds in workplace (regardless of gender).
Also only in USA s/w engineering is relatively lucrative but in Europe salaries are peanuts (1/4 of USA), plus the job itself is (like you said) boring and stressful. On top of that many people lack soft skills and I feel like my soul is being sucked away every day I spend in front of the computer.
Yes this is the answer. I spent 5 years to get through a uni CS degree. Spent the last 5 years making $90k a year working remotely working 60+ hours a week but only invoicing my boss for ~30hours a week because I'm too ashamed at how long it actually takes me to do stuff. My IQ was tested in college and was only 105. I feel like such a low IQ allows me to be smart enough to get into IT but too dumb to really do anything with it.