[sycr]

Only one minor point from me: the Dan Shapiro quote is a bit off.

> To literally handicap yourself by 50 percent is insanity.

From the figures I've seen, the handicap is in the 25-30 percent range based on the percentage of women in the industry.

But I like his line of thinking. It's an old libertarian argument too: racism and sexism will be rooted out the market by those smart enough to take advantage of the inconsistencies in the labor pool. It's a tremendous opportunity if it's as bad as it seems.

[zeroonetwothree]

Only certain types of men would be attracted to this type of culture. It's very possible the handicap is more like 75%.

[krakensden]

23-30% seems pretty high. My graduating class (big public university) had less than 10%.

[rmc]

Yes 20% now. But think long term. If we get rid of the sexism then there will be more women in tech. There is a shortage of programmers, so we increasing women increases possible workforce, good for companies.