[TriLUG] The biggest deterrent for women in tech

[Michael Peters]

On 04/30/2013 04:43 PM, Reginald Reed wrote:
> The equal pay thing is a very slippery slope, particularly when the
> differences are not gross.  I can confidently say as a manager for
> many year in corporate high tech companies that there are MANY
> individuals doing the exact same jobs that have vastly different pay.
> And by vast, I mean 15-25%, living in the same geography.  This
> happens for a number of reasons, some as simple as the candidate
> simply couldn't/didn't place a proper value on the marketability of
> their skills and experience.  At the other end of the spectrum, I've
> seen a couple of guys with a big pay difference because one had been
> in the same job for a number of years where there were no salary
> increases and the other job just got hired during an "upswing" period.

But those differences should average out among different sub-sets that 
don't inherently have skill/performance differences. There shouldn't be 
a pay difference between men/women, caucasian/minority, blonde/brunette. 
If there is, then something other than the factors you've listed is the 
cause.

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Michael Peters
Plus Three, LP