There's only one person on my immediate team who is under thirty. Much of the co...

cheapsteak · on May 29, 2014

Curious about the "ex-dec" mailing list. Link? Google isn't of much help (top result is this thread)

Yunk · on May 29, 2014

Since the discussion is age, I would say digital equipment corporation which would put everyone at 40+.

Shebanator · on May 29, 2014

yep, its ex employees of DEC. A lot of really good people came from the Palo Alto-based DEC WRL in particular.

edwardhotchkiss · on May 29, 2014

Based on these statements, would that mean that there is no cause for concern; while female engineers over-represent the percentage of CS majors?

mbrubeck · on May 29, 2014

That seems to be a non-sequitur, but in any case:

17% of "tech" employees at Google are women (worldwide): http://www.google.com/diversity/at-google.html#tab=tech

18% of CS degrees are earned by women (in the US): http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d12/tables/dt12_349.asp

so women are not in in fact over-represented among Google engineers, at least by that measure.

adventured · on May 29, 2014

What does CS majors have to do with it?

Engineers capable of working at Google != majoring in computer science.

Computer science degrees are handed out like cracker jack prizes these days.

Men graduate college at a lower rate than women, graduate high school at a lower rate, and have a lower literacy rate. What does that have to do with the specific pool of talent from which an uber engineering company like Google would pull from?