<story><title>Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men</title><url>http://www.i-cio.com/profession/cio-profiles/item/women-it-professionals-on-a-faster-track-than-men</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tobyjsullivan</author><text>This immediately made me think of Paul Graham&amp;#x27;s article &amp;quot;A Way to Detect Bias&amp;quot;. He talks about how a hiring bias (against women in this case) results in those who are hired being above average in skill.&lt;p&gt;Just one hypothesis on this data, but that would help explain why those women who are hired then get promoted faster - because they are actually outperforming their peers.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;bias.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;bias.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>randyrand</author><text>I remember when this was first posted to HN the top comment was about a serious flaw in this hypothesis. Need to find the comment thread again...&lt;p&gt;Edit: Found it, &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=10483751&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=10483751&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;e.g. the other explanation could be that women applicants are just better than men, and that they aren&amp;#x27;t discriminated against.</text></comment>
<story><title>Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men</title><url>http://www.i-cio.com/profession/cio-profiles/item/women-it-professionals-on-a-faster-track-than-men</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tobyjsullivan</author><text>This immediately made me think of Paul Graham&amp;#x27;s article &amp;quot;A Way to Detect Bias&amp;quot;. He talks about how a hiring bias (against women in this case) results in those who are hired being above average in skill.&lt;p&gt;Just one hypothesis on this data, but that would help explain why those women who are hired then get promoted faster - because they are actually outperforming their peers.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;bias.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;bias.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stale2002</author><text>Yeah, women get driven out of tech in droves.&lt;p&gt;In order to even survive,  the average woman has to be at the very top of their game,  or else theyd be gone because it isn&amp;#x27;t worth it to put up with all the BS that they have to.</text></comment>