On May 4, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Worley, Dale R (Dale) wrote:
From: Allison Mankin [allison(_dot_)mankin(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com]
I'd be interested to learn of studies of the CS workforce outside the
US. Are there recruitment and attrition problems everywhere?
I've seen reports in the popular press that the fraction of women
entering software is higher in many Asian countries than in the US, so
presumably there is solid information to that extent.
I've heard anecdotes that the fraction of women in software in Israel
is much higher than in the US.
Around 30%-40%. I don't have hard numbers, but I have a feeling that it has
gone down a bit in the last 10 years. One of my tasks is to give a monthly "VPN
basics" talk to new recruits, and women seem to be about 1 in 4. This could be
specific to my company, though.
Yoav