According to Tech Nation’s Diversity and Inclusion in UK Tech research, 50 per cent of workers in the labor market as a whole are women
However, within tech they only account for 26 percent, meaning that women are well under-represented across the industry and typically find themselves outnumbered in workplaces by 3:1.
The further up the ladder you go, the picture becomes even more bleak. Of the companies Tech Nation gathered research from, fewer than one in 10 of C-Suite leaders were women, and only three per cent of chief technology officers or technical director roles were held by women.
Throughout my career, I have encountered several roadblocks and challenges that could have been hard to overcome. Initially, I blamed myself for not being ‘good enough’ and other external factors. However, after spending more time in the industry and seeing numerous reports that demonstrate the long-standing gulf between men and women in the sector and how unfair that really is, I have realized that there is a continuous challenge related directly to being a woman in this field and I am not the one to blame.
Continue reading: https://technative.io/overcoming-the-gender-disparity-in-tech/
However, within tech they only account for 26 percent, meaning that women are well under-represented across the industry and typically find themselves outnumbered in workplaces by 3:1.
The further up the ladder you go, the picture becomes even more bleak. Of the companies Tech Nation gathered research from, fewer than one in 10 of C-Suite leaders were women, and only three per cent of chief technology officers or technical director roles were held by women.
Throughout my career, I have encountered several roadblocks and challenges that could have been hard to overcome. Initially, I blamed myself for not being ‘good enough’ and other external factors. However, after spending more time in the industry and seeing numerous reports that demonstrate the long-standing gulf between men and women in the sector and how unfair that really is, I have realized that there is a continuous challenge related directly to being a woman in this field and I am not the one to blame.
Continue reading: https://technative.io/overcoming-the-gender-disparity-in-tech/
