[loladesoto]

In Silicon Valley, Men with advanced degrees earn 73% more than Women in the same industry and with the same degrees (according to Silicon Valley Index).

this was shocking so i went to the source: http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/publicati...

This percentage is down from a striking 97% in 2010, meaning that men with graduate or professional degrees in Silicon Valley were earning nearly twice that of their female peers.

progress, although we are far from the finish line.

[ccmoberg]

I totally agree - there are major signs of progress. The fact that the Female Founders Conference was held at all could even be taken as a sign of that progress.

That said, I think Jami was lamenting the fact that signs of progress are, at times, being taken as signs of completion - that the conference needed less focus on the progress to-date, and more focus on the major inequalities that still exist.