Fake Women in Tech
Fake Women In Tech
It's more than a cliche that tech is a "Boys club". We talk to professional women in areas like software engineering, cybersecurity and computer science. We hear stories the help us to understand the prevailing IT culture.
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Increasingly women are hired for highly-skilled jobs as a token. The companies want to be seen giving visible equality but then the hires are relegated to "soft" jobs. As part of the equality game sometimes companies even invent completely fictitious female staff.
Mercy Ageitu is a real IT engineer and network specialist. She joins us to discuss;
- Problems faced by women in the technology workplace
- Fake (invented jobs) roles used to paint a better picture of equality in some companies
- Stereotypes and cliches that still grate