London — Macho work cultures are driving away young women from data science jobs, say analysts, warning a failure to diversify the male-dominated sector could result in biased technology that discriminates against women.
Women hold less than a quarter of jobs in data science — where they use tech to analyse trends — and female students are put off by combative recruiting events such as coding contests and hackathons, consulting firm Boston Consulting Group said on Thursday...
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