[rbg81]

Article is right on. Most companies actively look for women software engineers to hire, but there are very few. Most in STEM want to major in Biology or even Psychology (yes, some consider Psychology a “science”).

[Maine Mariner]

I believe entry level positions in biology, marine biology, and so forth usually require at least an MS degree. A BS degree is sufficient to apply to medical school or vet school or teaching certificate.

[pas]

It isn’t like a woman could be CEO of a tech company like HP or IBM.

[hinckley buzzard]

Absolutely there is a science of Psychology. There also is a drugstore paperback level popularization of "psychology" which is all that skeptics usually know about the subject. It is like judging Physics on the basis of New Age gurus yammering about quantum mechanics and crystals and mind reading.

[Little Bill]

If my brother with an BFA, Bachelor in Fine Arts and a Masters in English can become a Senior Software Engineer with a very large Company so can any intelligent women with focus and drive.

[lentulusgracchus]

Most companies actively look for women software engineers to hire, but there are very few.

It was ever thus. At my alma mater 45 years ago, the engineering college had about 800 student majors, which included the geology department in the back of the building. There was only one, ONE, woman enrolled in that college, and she was from Venezuela. A rare talent, she was valedictorian material, could have done anything she turned her hand to, and she very honorably chose engineering because its emphasis on facts and measurements appealed to her. Helluva woman.