> women were over-represented in software development compared to men
This is a narrative I see taking hold in the past few years but I'm not convinced that prior to the 1980s women were the majority of software developers. My impression was that this has to do with how a job was defined, and that many data entry type positions were considered to fall beneath the rubric of computer science.
Having no evidence to offer of my own for or against, I wonder if anyone else can link anything germane to the discussion.
This is a narrative I see taking hold in the past few years but I'm not convinced that prior to the 1980s women were the majority of software developers. My impression was that this has to do with how a job was defined, and that many data entry type positions were considered to fall beneath the rubric of computer science.
Having no evidence to offer of my own for or against, I wonder if anyone else can link anything germane to the discussion.