Concerning the division of labour in the Workplace, we hear the same sentiments repeated over and over. There are simply more men than women. In no profession is the echoing of this statement more necessary than in that of software developers. A recent article states that 92.1% of people in the industry are male. The survey included respondents from 157 countries and as such there was no bias to the USA and the companies in Silicon Valley. Business Insider also comprised a list of countries with ‘the best female programmers’. The United States did not make the list. Moreover, the United States, and more specifically, the tech behemoths of Silicon Valley such as, Facebook, Google etc are reportedly above the world average with 15% and 17% respectively. This, however, does not denote to anything near equality of representation in the tech workplace. Business Insider’s list of countries with the best female programmers was topped by Russia. In an article published by the Russian Times earlier this year, a country was named as one of the best for male-female workplace representation in the tech industry, with an impressive 41%. No prizes for guessing which country it was. These facts are screaming ...

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