[golemiprague]

It seems like there is correlation between patriarchal societies and having more women developers. I wonder why, maybe because anyway the society is patriarchal so there is not much difference between this field to others unlike in the west where all misogynist white males concentrate in this profession and all the good guys go to law or acting or wherever there are many women and everything is equal and rosy. But then you have to wonder why would those Arab women want to move to a horrible place like the western tech industry instead of removing their shackles and becoming a nurse in a hospital or work in HR of a big corporation, the places where women feel comfortable and equal in the west. It is a bit of a mystery.

[ilianam]

Hi! What other societies have you seen with a high percentage of women developers?

[vladoski]

From my experience, the ex Eastern Bloc countries. I am speaking about all the STEM fields, not just SWE. I remember that my mom (Romanian) was shocked when I told her that in my CS high school class (in Italy) we were all boys.

[ilianam]

That's interesting. I'm half Polish and I know that there is a perspective that women do really well in science/STEM, but I don't think I've seen them participate at equal rates as men. And when I talk to tech companies in Poland these days, they say their engineering teams are predominantly male and they'd like to change that (which is one reason they want to partner with Manara!)

EDITED: Also, when I worked at Upwork as a PM, most of our software engineers were from Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc) and we had almost no women on the team.

[golemiprague]

India, Israel, Russia basically anything that is not "west" but has some tech culture. They are still a minority but seems to do better. This is just my impression not some study but I think it is actually true. I am a bit sarcastic there and I got some ideas why it happens like that but serious discussion is useless since it became a political issue rather than something you can discuss openly, hence the sarcasm.

[skocznymroczny]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-equality_paradox

[ilianam]

Love your handle :)