&gt; To me, the real horror show is the 1:18 ratio between contributors who publicly identify themselves as a Woman and contributors who publicly identify themselves as a Man[1].<p>To me, comments like yours highlight the toxic nature of the software industry.<p>It is an expectation in software dev that we do most of our learning and development on our own time and part time work is generally frowned upon. GitHub accounts and side projects are becoming a larger part of interview processes.<p>How do you think this looks to prospective female employees? Basically it gives the impression that they have to be prepared to work 45-50 hours a week in order to be competitive.<p>This isn&#x27;t compatible with many women&#x27;s focus on flexible work for when they have children.<p>Notice that none of this is inherent to software development. Companies could provide proper on the job learning and development. Companies could be more open to part time work. Companies could use better proxies for developer skill than personal contributions to GitHub.