However, for the hiring age most start-ups are considering, there are more men than women, not taking into account education or other factors (Between 1990 and 2000, the male population grew slightly faster than the female population).
Women are only the majority of the population (in the US) because they live longer.
Immigrants with tech backgrounds tend to be mostly males, too (and probably immigrants period).
Women are only the majority of the population (in the US) because they live longer.
Immigrants with tech backgrounds tend to be mostly males, too (and probably immigrants period).
(some data taken from http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/people/a_gender.html . More data I didn't look into here: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/women02.html )