TECH EXEC POSITIONS HELD BY WOMEN By Lindsay Hardy GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD STARTS FROM THE BOTTOM AND GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. IN RECENT YEARS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT 18% OF TECH EXECUTIVE POSITIONS ARE HELD BY WOMEN. THESE WOMEN WHO HOLD THE POSITIONS NORMALLY COME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE TECH FIELD AND ARE NOT TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY EXPERTS BEFORE THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE TECH WORLD. THIS LIKELY COMES FROM THE FACT THAT THERE IS A SMALL PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO GRADUATE WITH COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREES, WITH ONLY 18% OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADS IN 2017 BEING WOMEN. CONTINUALLY IT IS MUCH MORE LIKELY FOR A WOMAN OF A HIGH-RANKING POSITION AT A TECH COMPANY TO BE A PART OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OR ENGINEERING. THIS LACK OF FEMALE EXECUTIVES WITH TECH BACKGROUNDS STEMS FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FACTORS.
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