Investigating the Challenges Faced by Women on Software Engineering: a Grey Literature Study
Context: In the digital age, the software industry is central to innovation but still faces persistent gender inequality. Despite women’s historical contributions, their presence in the software industry remains disproportionately low due to systemic barriers. Aims: To identify and analyze challenges faced by women in software engineering based on descriptions in gray literature. Objectives include analyzing gender challenges, revealing their effects, identifying solutions, and organizing knowledge on barriers, effects, and solutions. Method: Using gray literature for its unique insights, we analyzed posts from the DEV online community. The research involved data extraction, manual coding, thematic analysis, and discussion of results. Results: From the DEV articles, we identified barriers like toxic men dominance, sexism, pay gaps, and stereotypes, causing emotional exhaustion and career aspiration changes. Proposed solutions include mentorship, skill development, ignoring threats, and salary negotiation to foster workplace inclusion for women in software engineering.
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11:00 25mResearch paper | Elephant in the Room: Gender and Role Based Disparities in the Software Industry of Bangladesh? GE@ICSE Samiha Tahsin Noshin Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Sharif Mohammad Abdullah Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Soumitra Paul Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Arnab Das Joy Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Kazi Sakib Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Noshin Tahsin Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka | ||
11:25 25mResearch paper | Impostor Phenomenon Among Software Engineers: Investigating Gender Differences and Well-Being GE@ICSE Paloma Guenes Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rafael Tomaz Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Bianca Trinkenreich Colorado State University, Maria Teresa Baldassarre Department of Computer Science, University of Bari , Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) | ||
11:50 25mResearch paper | Investigating the Challenges Faced by Women on Software Engineering: a Grey Literature Study GE@ICSE Alessa Soares de Oliveira Federal Institute of Bahia, Sávio Freire Federal Institute of Ceará, Edna Dias Canedo University of Brasilia (UnB), Manoel Mendonça Federal University of Bahia, Larissa Rocha University of the State of Bahia (UNEB) |