Female IT workers down 21%

The BBC reports a recent Toshiba study shows that the number of female IT workers is down 21% since the 1960s.  At a debate about the study, a few prominent women in the industry commented:

"We care about this morally, but also on a practical level," said Maggie Berry from Women in Technology.

"Women do bring different skills to the table. Without women you do not have a complete team."

"There's too much testosterone in my department," added Toshiba's head of information systems, Sandra Smith.

The reasons for the decline are not clear, but this was interesting:

Many of the speakers felt women were more inclined to choose a job where the outcome of their work was more visible.

This is why many were turning their backs on the corporate sector and moving to smaller businesses, said Dr Glenda Stone, chief executive officer with Aurora.