Microsoft engineer complains that company is biased
<i>She follows up that it is &quot;established fact&quot; that the &quot;specific types of thought process and problem solving required for engineering of all kinds (software or otherwise) are simply less prevalent among women&quot;</i><p>I&#x27;d like to see where she got this &quot;established fact&quot;. Many of the early computer pioneers were women, and many of the  early human &quot;computers&quot; were also women.<p>I&#x27;ve known some extremely talented female software engineers (and some mediocre ones), and well as some extremely talented male software engineers (and some mediocre ones).  But, I&#x27;ve met many many more male engineers than female which I <i>believe</i> is because more females are discouraged from entering the field by society.<p>Since this trend seems to be changing, it will be interesting to see in a decade or two if the field becomes more balanced.