Tech Industry Is Booming But Has Failed To Retain Women. Here’s Why

By The Conversation Maskot/DigitalVisioVandana Singh, University of TennesseeBy 2029, there will be 3.6 million computing jobs in the U.S., but there will only be enough college graduates with computing degrees to fill 24% of these jobs. For decades, the U.S. has poured resources into improving gender representation in the tech industry. However, the numbers are not improving proportionately. Instead, they have remained stagnant, and initiatives are failing. Women make up 57% of the overall workforce. Comparatively, women make up only 27% of the workforce in the technology industry. Of the 27%…

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