Tiffany B. Brown

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Black. Female. Developer?

From the Findings from the A List Apart Survey, 2009. Wow. A whole 7.6% of us. And that’s all women. Not just the black ones.

Related to the above chart, but still disappointing:

The survey didn’t break out salaries by job title, but I’m pretty sure the gender distribution among job function is the reason women’s salaries skew lower.

By the way A List Apart, these charts are kind confusing.

  • http://misterjt.tumblr.com/rss Jason T.

    I’m wondering if the numbers of participants reflect accurately on the industry or reflect accurately just on people who follow A List Apart. I don’t think I’ve ever done the survey.

  • tiffanybbrown

    there’s certainly some selection bias. the people who respond read A List Apart or know people who do, but i don’t think it’s that far off. most of the women i know in the industry are project managers, graphic designers, user experience designers, marketers, or writers.

    anecdotally, when i look at the “people” pages of most agencies, the women i see are the CFOs, accountants, office managers, or marketing heads. the “hardest tech” you might see from a woman is UX. i also see far fewer POC on those pages. those i *do* see are almost never black or latino.

    so yeah. those numbers feel about right.

  • Tiffany Scott

    I’m a black female web developer (http://www.tiffany-ccott.com. :-) But I have my own entertainment company now (http://www.prymemeridian.com) and I use my development skills to help push that along. I’m under the radar as a developer because I work for myself. I’m sure that there’s more of us out there. If you ever want to interview me for your blog, please let me know.

  • Olivia Hayes

    Thanks for these stats, really interesting. I cited your blog post in a post I wrote, hope that’s okay!

    http://linguisticallysmitten.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-social-network.html

    I’m just curious how female developers learn their skill. Self-taught or in a classroom setting? I think figuring that out could help us find a way to attract more women to the field.