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The reason why is right in plain sight: because most women aren't actually interested in tech jobs. And before you start fuming and downvote me, go look at Scandinavian countries (countries that have the most gender equality in the world) and look at the gender disparities in tech/nursing/schoolteacher jobs. It's not the 50/50 utopian vision you think it is.

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I'm not asking for 50/50, I'm asking for equal opportunity.

At the moment its not equal. There are many societal issues that affect this. They even still affect Sweden et al.

I'm not asking for controversial things, like quotas, I'm just asking for companies to use the training schemes they have to get local talent thats representative of the cohort taking up CS subjects at 16.

Currently, having a 50:1 ratio is not anything like good enough. especially as its something like 25:75 split at 16

> because most women aren't actually interested in tech jobs

Why? Is it written in their genes, or is it something we discourage them from? Is it perhaps something else?

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