The vile experiences of women in tech
▻https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/05/03/the-vile-experiences-of-women-in-tech
THE TECHNOLOGY industry vaunts itself as a meritocracy. Yet it is roundly criticised for being unwelcoming to women, in ways large and small. In America, women hold just 25% of jobs in computing, and leave the tech and engineering sectors at twice the rate of men. The situation is worse for women of colour : black women hold only 3% of jobs among women in tech, and Latina women just 1% in America. The gender imbalance is a global problem. In Britain, for example, Europe’s main tech hub, (...)