In Silicon Valley, Men with advanced degrees earn 73% more than Women in the same industry and with the same degrees (according to Silicon Valley Index).
This percentage is down from a striking 97% in 2010, meaning that men with graduate or professional degrees in Silicon Valley were earning nearly twice that of their female peers.
progress, although we are far from the finish line.
I totally agree - there are major signs of progress. The fact that the Female Founders Conference was held at all could even be taken as a sign of that progress.
That said, I think Jami was lamenting the fact that signs of progress are, at times, being taken as signs of completion - that the conference needed less focus on the progress to-date, and more focus on the major inequalities that still exist.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 12.4 ms ] threadthis was shocking so i went to the source: http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/publicati...
This percentage is down from a striking 97% in 2010, meaning that men with graduate or professional degrees in Silicon Valley were earning nearly twice that of their female peers.
progress, although we are far from the finish line.
That said, I think Jami was lamenting the fact that signs of progress are, at times, being taken as signs of completion - that the conference needed less focus on the progress to-date, and more focus on the major inequalities that still exist.