Where Did All the Girl Geeks Go?

CDsDontBurn · Apr 12, 2008, 05:47 AM

A professor says he has only one girl in a computer science major class in 2008, down from 40 percent in 2000. What happened? eWEEK gets field experts to weigh in.

While women hold 51 percent of professional jobs in the United States, they make up only 26 percent of the IT work force, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Furthermore, fewer women worked in IT in 2008 than in 2000.

Source: eWeek

Matth · Apr 12, 2008, 05:38 PM

One very nice geek girl... www.laurajanerich.com "LJ" is often on QVC technology items, never knew she also had perfect pitch.

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