[kmeisthax]

Ok, but why is the pool of engineers 80% men when the population is 50% women?

I'll offer one explanation: because the women that go into the field get treated like shit and burn out. There are many documented examples of tech businesses with systemic sexual harassment problems[0]. If your business takes steps to ensure its corporate culture does not fall into that same trap, then women who don't want to be sexually harassed will flock to you. That's how you get 50% women in a sexually-discriminated field: do the hard work of actually rooting out sex pests.

[0] Ubisoft, Activision-Blizzard-King, Microsoft, etc

[jdthedisciple]

Hmm.

Is it conceivable to you that women may also be inherently less interested in tech- and more so in people-jobs compared to their male counterparts?

Maybe this interesting talk titled "Autism and the male brain" can serve to enlighten you on this topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjE_yaJjXE8