WOMEN IN TECH / SEXISM

The Real Reason It Is So Very Difficult To Hire Women In Tech

Or… And, no, it is not about women, it is just the fact that men scratch their heads as though there is a great mystery about it without attempting to do anything about it.

I am a career IT consultant — with decades of experience in dealing with clients, projects, and people.

Hiring is just one of the many things that I have done, so very many times.

Table Of Contents

1. The Three Issues
2. Yikes —We Need To Hire More People
  [🫂] So you made a hire
3. In Support Of Women
  [🫂] The #1 thing that the company can do
  [🫂] The second thing — DEI policy
  [🫂] The third time's a charm — ‘team’ building 
4. The forceful gaze

The Three Issues

1. Men don’t know where to look for good women engineers.
2. Men don’t know how to appreciate good women engineers.
3. Men don’t know how to build a culture to keep good women engineers.