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by edwardhotchkiss 4411 days ago
Based on these statements, would that mean that there is no cause for concern; while female engineers over-represent the percentage of CS majors?
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mbrubeck 4411 days ago
That seems to be a non-sequitur, but in any case:

17% of "tech" employees at Google are women (worldwide): http://www.google.com/diversity/at-google.html#tab=tech

18% of CS degrees are earned by women (in the US): http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d12/tables/dt12_349.asp

so women are not in in fact over-represented among Google engineers, at least by that measure.

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adventured 4411 days ago
What does CS majors have to do with it?

Engineers capable of working at Google != majoring in computer science.

Computer science degrees are handed out like cracker jack prizes these days.

Men graduate college at a lower rate than women, graduate high school at a lower rate, and have a lower literacy rate. What does that have to do with the specific pool of talent from which an uber engineering company like Google would pull from?

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