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Posted by: sam_bradfudge (Thursday 27 September 2007, 5:41 PM)

It's not about attitudes, it's about interests

Hi -

Yes, I'm based in Bombay, India. As for the nick - thanks for the reminder; Sam Bradfudge is an Anglicised version of my real name :-)

It's not about attitudes; for example, our company has a very, very open policy regarding gender, qualifications, and so on. The thing is, not enough women are interested in tech - at least not in India. I don't know the worldwide picture. Here, women don't play games, they don't study computer languages, they have zero interest in hardware, etc. etc. I'll give you an informal example: when you tell a chap here that 2 Mbps is now available, he'll go "Wow! How much? Where do I sign up?" Tell a woman that and she'll say "Umm, nice." The difference is clear.

I'm not sexist. It's just about interests and where competencies lie. Talking from what I've seen in India, women dominate the PR field, they make excellent managers, and doctors are at least 50% female. But when it comes to tech... it's just not happening. At least not now, and not in India.

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