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Like tech bros who colonised the terra nullus of the work previously done by hidden figures then?

> proportion of women represented in the computer science field peaked around the mid-1980s and has declined ever since

> women represented in the computer science field peaked around the mid-1980s and has declined ever since

I thought ‘surely not’. I was wrong.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/there-are-too-few...

I've been in IT since the 1970s. The decrease in women in the field is striking. The article you cite is correct to make the connection to CS degree representation. Prior to the 1980s, CS degree programs were nascent if they existed at all. Not requiring this qualifitcation allowed an amazing diversity of people to enter the field.

Steve Jobs was in a way quite typical of the sort of people who showed up in the IT field. He would have a tough time getting hired today.

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