Where are the Women? A Detailed History of Women in Computer Science and How it Impacts the Modern Day Industry - Chicago-Kent | Journal of Intellectual Property
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Written by Mary Kate Nowak Introduction In the United States, computer science is considered an extremely lucrative career. In 2019, STEM-educated workers in computer occupations had the highest median annual earnings among STEM occupations. [1] Yet, computer science has one of the largest gender gaps in STEM. As of 2022, …
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2024-12-11 04:09:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that programming used to be considered as menial, unskilled work for underpaid women, and the term “computer” referred to those women who made punch card code to compute long and tedious mathematical calculations (or just did it by hand).

  • @SanctimoniousApe
    1•17 days ago

    Geez… Has it really been nearly a decade since the movie Hidden Figures came out?