http://ja-nae.net/blog Adventures In: Experimentation, Imagination & Sophistication Fri, 03 May 2013 18:56:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://ja-nae.net/blog/7-ways-to-help-women-in-technology http://ja-nae.net/blog/7-ways-to-help-women-in-technology#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:04:25 +0000 Ja-Naé http://ja-nae.net/blog/?p=4424 This weekend, I came across two articles that made me step back for a moment. The first was the Wall Street Journal’s blog post, “Addressing The Lack of Women Leading Tech Start-ups.” In the post, WSJ tries to address the question of “Where are all the women in tech?” They mention that there is no shortage of opinions about the issue but the core of the article isn’t really being addressed. It must be noted overall that equality has come a long way even in the short time that I have been in the professional world. Where the disparity seems to be is why there are so few women in the technology industry. The next article I came across was a TechCrunch response by Michael Arrington entitled, “ Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men.” In the article, Arrington tries to sympathize with the issue but is fed up with the blame game. Can you blame him? I don’t. Below is an infograph compiled by Socialcast.com that looks at a number of dimensions in the technology industry comparing male vs female ratios. A few key insights: According to Dow Jones VentureSource, 11% of U.S. firms with venture-capital backing in 2009 [...]]]> http://ja-nae.net/blog/7-ways-to-help-women-in-technology/feed 6