What does underrepresentation, and the gender gap in particular, really look like in today’s tech industry?
Most people already know that the tech industry looks incredibly homogeneous and lacks diversity in every layer. But the contributing factors and the consequences of this picture are so hard to measure that it’s still rare to have an honest discussion about the importance of diversity and reach an agreement on what can be done about it.
To have a meaningful discussion about the topic, we need to first understand the following: what’s the current state of underrepresentation in tech? What’s the background and main cause behind it? Why is the lack of diversity a problem in the first place? Why should businesses care?
There’s plenty of anecdotes and heated arguments one can make to answer each one of these questions, but don’t take my word for it; let’s look at the numbers below and you can reach your own conclusion.
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