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I have had a similar experience. I went to college for mechanical engineering. During that time it was very clear that it was 90+% men. I diverged into data science and web over the past few years. My Twitterand conferences on YouTube are fairly diverse, at least it doesn't feel like the 90+% from college. Many of the people that inspire me with amazing skills of all spectrum on a daily basis are women. I recently read the state of js survey and was a bit shocked to see the 90% male dominated metric. I knew it was heavily male dominated, but not that bad.
This just means for women must have a higher rate of inspirational content in tech.
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Interesting to hear you also see the same. I’m really happy to know it’s not just me seeing all of these amazing women doing these things.
As for the state of JavaScript, I think there is a good chance the number is wrong. I didn’t see the survey until the results were out. That would lead me to believe it wasn’t disseminated very well. I could be wrong, but I would be it’s not actually 90%. 🤷🏼♀️
It may be true that women produce more inspirational content, but I’m sure there are just as many men with awesome stuff to say and share.
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I have had a similar experience. I went to college for mechanical engineering. During that time it was very clear that it was 90+% men. I diverged into data science and web over the past few years. My Twitterand conferences on YouTube are fairly diverse, at least it doesn't feel like the 90+% from college. Many of the people that inspire me with amazing skills of all spectrum on a daily basis are women. I recently read the state of js survey and was a bit shocked to see the 90% male dominated metric. I knew it was heavily male dominated, but not that bad.
This just means for women must have a higher rate of inspirational content in tech.
Interesting to hear you also see the same. I’m really happy to know it’s not just me seeing all of these amazing women doing these things.
As for the state of JavaScript, I think there is a good chance the number is wrong. I didn’t see the survey until the results were out. That would lead me to believe it wasn’t disseminated very well. I could be wrong, but I would be it’s not actually 90%. 🤷🏼♀️
It may be true that women produce more inspirational content, but I’m sure there are just as many men with awesome stuff to say and share.