The number of computer science degrees granted to women has decreased significantly to approximately 27 percent, according to the Department of Education. This is quite a drop from 1984 when the number of women with computer science degrees peaked at 37 percent, reports the National Science Foundation. Approximately 18.8 percent of the people seeking doctorates in computer science and computer engineering were women, the Computing Research Association notes. There is no surprise as to why more women are choosing positions in e-commerce. Besides the state of the economy, e-commerce is attracting women because many have backgrounds in marketing and managing, two crucial areas of expertise necessary for success.
Women are in touch with what consumers want and they have the business savvy to market the products.
Deborah Mazon-Eastman, senior vice president of KPMG Consulting in San Jose, Calif., has quite a diverse background herself, including early experience as a software engineer responsible for the development of embedded systems programs for data communications testing equipment. However, she found that she did not have the personality to sit in a lab all day. Instead, she says, she was market-focused. Joining KPMG in 1998 as a business-development manager, she later started to build a business alliance between KPMG and Cisco. For me personally, I was able to take my technical skills and marketing skills and bring them together.