Description
What occurred during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer science?
Personal computers became more popular.
Why does it matter that males had been playing on computers growing up?
The early exposure impacted the outlook for future entry into the field of computer science
When are diversity efforts most successful?
When they are intentional, and reach outside of existing referral networks if the workforce is not all ready diverse.
Why do diverse companies perform better?
A diverse workforce generally fosters diverse approaches and more creative solutions. If you offer more solutions, you have a good chance of coming up with a better one than a less prolific, homegeneous group.
Give an example of how a diverse company can serve a diverse user base or vise-versa.
A diverse workforce might be more sensitive to updating old electronic healthcare forms that require information regarding biological sex and/or gender so that options are not strictly binary. This is less likely to alienate patients, and also gives more accurate information to the provider so they can provide best care.
The prevalence of hiring overseas programmers by tech companies to pad DEI stats (for better or worse)… the Information is Beautiful chart didn’t explicitly state the nationalities of the company workforces, but did compare them to US population ethnicity.