Okay. So. We have all this data. We have acknowledgement from leaders in tech that we have a long way to go. We have a baseline of sorts. We also know that the numbers alone don’t foment change.
Now what? Assuming the goal is to get to 50/50—workforce representation that reflects the gender makeup in the real world—how long could that take? And by what means? (Based on how long it has taken for the gender pay gap to shrink, it could take another half-century for women to get equal pay, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research .)