I read a Fast Company article last night citing a recent SmartAsset study on women in tech. It has me thinking a lot about my own 20-year career in technology, and wondering: “Women! Where the heck are you?!”
From my own experience working in technology, this is an amazing field – one where I have been given countless opportunities to progress, and one in which I am challenged intellectually every single day. I’m paid well (inline with my male colleagues), and when I’ve needed or wanted to seek out new challenges, it’s never taken me long to find something that fits my needs and desires perfectly. Most importantly, my career in technology has allowed me to build a life for myself and my family that is far exceeding expectations.
For all these reasons, the fact that we – female tech experts – are still a minority has me dumbfounded, and I’m trying to understand why there simply aren’t more of us. Read more Women! Where the heck are you?! The tech field NEEDS you!