Amazon Web Services Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 There is an ongoing representation gap in tech leadership. This gap has been associated with built-in biases in promotion policies leading to female engineers being promoted at a slower rate than men, spending more time in entry- and mid-level roles, creating a bottleneck for women’s career advancement. A study by HackerRank found that women developers, regardless of age, are more likely to have longer dwell time in entry-level positions —20.4% of women over the age of 35 are in entry-level roles compared to only 5.9% in men. Additionally, there has been a lack of upskilling opportunities and mentorship to help female engineers ascend to leadership roles. Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT) is a non-profit organization that aims at addressing this gap by providing upskilling avenues and increasing the availability of women tech leaders as mentors. AWIT recently launched a collection of courses on Real-World Engineering Management, sponsored by AWS and available exclusively on Coursera... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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