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Ya'll... Women in tech. Let's talk about it. Lets close the gap. Thoughts on the importance of this subject/ how to do it?💭

V School on January 10, 2023

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Aschwin Wesselius

Importance? What one thinks is important is trivial to the other. So please clarify what you mean with importance.

Is there a base necessity to have women in tech? I don't think so. Do and should women have the right to work in tech? Sure! I have totally no problem with women in tech at all.

So to make the case for them, it should be clear what this "importance" is. How will having more or less women in tech affect society in such a way that nobody can deny it is crucial? I can't think of it without having sexist ideas.

Why aren't there more women in tech? That is a totally different question. Again, what is exactly the problem of not having enough women in tech? Besides the equity/equality argument.

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NLxDoDge

I work in the Netherlands at a bank and we have 40% women to men ratio. So getting closer 😄 makes for a more fun work environment as well.

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Aschwin Wesselius

And these women also work in tech? Or do they only fetch the coffee and make the sandwiches?

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NLxDoDge

Funny joke, but no they program Java think with the structure, do production deployment, just like I do.

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Aschwin Wesselius

Great! Once I was a tech lead for a team consisting of 80% women, including front-end, back-end and testing. The first 60% was already hired. I was responsible for extending the group with more capable employ. Interesting fact: none of them were native to our country.