Not so much a “secret” history as a suppressed and forgotten one. The shift began in 1984…and as software development starting bringing in bigger money than hardware development.<\/p>\n\n\n
“At the same time, the old hierarchy of hardware and software became inverted. Software was becoming a critical, and lucrative, sector of corporate America. Employers increasingly hired programmers whom they could envision one day ascending to key managerial roles in programming. And few companies were willing to put a woman in charge of men. \u201cThey wanted people who were more aligned with management,\u201d says Marie Hicks, a historian at the Illinois Institute of Technology. \u201cOne of the big takeaways is that technical skill does not equate to success.\u201d<\/p>New York Times Magazine: The Secret History of Women in Coding<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
“By the 1990s and 2000s, the pursuit of \u201cculture fit\u201d was in full force, particularly at start-ups, which involve a relatively small number of people typically confined to tight quarters for long hours. Founders looked to hire people who were socially and culturally similar to them.”<\/p>New York Times Magazine: The Secret History of Women in Coding<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The explicit discrimination in seeking a corporate “culture fit”. <\/p>\n