A SURVEY PAPER ON WOMEN IN COMPUTING

Abstract

Substantial reasons for the under-representation of women in professional engineering professions are career stereotyping and misperceptions regarding the essence of computing. Fifteen women with work experience in many areas of computing were asked in this research about their motivations for entering computing, what they enjoyed about working in computing, and what they hated. Although there are several shared threads, individual variations still occur. Popular reasons for selecting computing as a profession included.' Exposure to computing in an atmosphere that helped them to see the versatility of computers; the influence of someone close to them; personal skills that they considered to be suitable for a computer career; and qualities that appealed to them to such professions. In general, women employed in the sector love the role they are doing.