Hello, first of all glad to meet you all, been planning to get to know this community I've heard pretty much only good things about
A few days ago I started reading about IT since I'm planning to change my career and came upon interview with Dr. A. Estwick she's an ex NSA worker and has some inside knowledge about big corps. She outlined several times that there's fewer women in IT and especially in management positions, Is that true? I know few friends who are managers in IT companies but usually it's PR or HR, rarely I meet female developers. Then again, my social circle is narrow, so what do you think? Is this a problem to be addressed here, is climbing the corporate ladder in IT harder if you're a woman? And what personal traits would be the most important to become a successful developer?