It&#x27;s actually not clear from the data whether women left coding, or did men just enter the field at a higher rate them women as the field grew? Maybe coding was a more attractive path for a single lonely nerdy guy who was too shy to ask a girl out. Of course as more lonely nerdy guys entered the field and that culture came to dominate, I&#x27;m sure that made it less and less attractive to women. But again, the author hasn&#x27;t shown data to make the case that women were leaving the field.