Comments on: Over The Air 09: first impressions http://www.alphabux.net/2009/09/over-the-air-09-first-impressions/ from a frenchy in London Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Paola Kathuria http://www.alphabux.net/2009/09/over-the-air-09-first-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Paola Kathuria Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:07:13 +0000 http://www.alphabux.net/?p=87#comment-35 <i>"If there was any doubt about the audience being developers, just counting the number of ladies would remove it. I estimate the ratio to be close to 1 woman for 15 guys, a very far cry from the approximate gender parity of UX crowds."</i> Are there proportionally more or less women at UX events? As one of the few females at OTA '09, I thought the ratio was an improvement on similar events I've been to (I was the only female at a frameworks talk a couple of years ago). But I think that maybe half were representing one of the sponsors. The rest I met were developers, like me. Anyway, despite attending a couple of flakey talks, I did learn some stuff, enjoyed the event and am brimming over with inspiration and enthusiasm today! “If there was any doubt about the audience being developers, just counting the number of ladies would remove it. I estimate the ratio to be close to 1 woman for 15 guys, a very far cry from the approximate gender parity of UX crowds.”

Are there proportionally more or less women at UX events?

As one of the few females at OTA ’09, I thought the ratio was an improvement on similar events I’ve been to (I was the only female at a frameworks talk a couple of years ago). But I think that maybe half were representing one of the sponsors. The rest I met were developers, like me.

Anyway, despite attending a couple of flakey talks, I did learn some stuff, enjoyed the event and am brimming over with inspiration and enthusiasm today!

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