14 April 08 | tags: women-in-tech |
Woman in Tech Bea Hatherley
The latest in Shiny Shiny's women in tech series is a talk with one of the minds behind website builder Mr Site, Bea Hatherley:
It's taking ages but I do think things are gradually improving and thankfully more women are starting to see IT/technology as attractive career choices. 10 years ago, it was a different story and our industry was 99% male-dominated. I did a straw-poll in my office today about the percentage of women:men on their IT courses and somewhat surprisingly, the ratio of men:women was 6:1 whereas even 10 years back, I think you would have been hard-pushed to find any women studying for careers in technology.