- Most women don't like studying Math. Since Computer Science is a course that has lot of Math in the curriculum, it is a big turn off to female college students. I myself needed to put extra effort just to pass all of my Math and Physics subjects in college. Most of my female classmates simply gave up the course after failing their Math subjects.
- Most female software developers can't stand the stressful nature of the job. Seriously, every single day of my life as a software developer involves STRESS. Stress from tight deadlines, lots of sleepless nights trying to figure out how to solve bugs, the need to learn new programming language/framework, etc. I can't blame why most female software developers shifted to QA Engineers or management positions after a few years.
- Since the IT (Information Technology) is a male-dominated industry, there are some female software developers who feel awkward and lonely to be surrounded by male colleagues. I remembered on my first job, during lunch breaks all of my male colleagues are busy discussing stuffs like NBA, Dota and every single sports and computer games you could think of, while I was left alone on my cubicle reading Hollywood Gossip websites. Every time there is a job opening for software developer on my work, I always wish that the company will hire a female software developer so I will have someone to share girly talks with.
Those
are some of my observations and opinions of why there are only few female
software developers. If you have other opinions to share about this matter, let
me know in the comment section below.
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