'We've brought our girls so far -- through obstacles in elementary, middle, high school and college -- only to face this kind of behavior in the workforce.'
Negative experiences reported by survey respondents run the gamut. One quarter of survey participants said they'd had an interviewer focus on personal attributes rather than skills. Aside from data, the Girls Who Code survey also highlights anecdotes from respondents. Their experiences are divided into four main categories:Biased and/or discriminatory comments or practices.
Another was told that women are better at nontechnical roles. Yet another was told she didn't look like someone who studied electrical engineering and that"hopefully your [graphic] don't get in the way of the equipment."calling on tech companies to commit to hiring practices like diverse hiring panels, gender-neutral job descriptions, tracking and reporting applicant diversity data and, well, decency.
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