Young women are being left behind when it comes to careers in technology, according to a report by Tech City UK.
The research, which looked at the career aspirations of young people and analysed 80,000 posts on Reddit, found that technology was top of men’s professional wishlist. Females, however, are being left behind due to a perceived lack of skills or self-belief.
To put this in context, the report found that just 13% of women said they aspired to work in the industry, compared to more than a third (36%) of males who said the same thing.
Additionally, 45% of females surveyed said they lacked the skills to work in technology. Some 38% said “they lacked knowledge about technology” and 24% claimed it was “not for people like them”. ...