The Binary in the Binary: Women’s Persistence and Advancement in the Technology Industry

The main objective of this research is to investigate women’s careers in tech. The purpose of the dissertation is to identify the factors that influence women’s persistence and advancement in the tech industry. With the ultimate goal of feminist research in mind, identifying, documenting, and collecting data on these issues is crucial to bring about social change in the industry and achieve equality. This dissertation attempts to understand and record the gender inequality in the tech industry and does so by conducting an extensive literature review informed by intersectional liberal feminism. The literature review discusses three major themes, namely: individual experience, culture, and career progression. This research underpins the design and agile development of the Binary in the Binary project, a proposal for a research tool used to test people’s perceptions on how gender affects career progression in the tech industry. The Binary in the Binary is a PostgreSQL database-driven responsive web application coded in PHP and JavaScript and run on the open-source Apache HTTP Server. The dissertation explains the development of the Binary in the Binary web application that uses the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern.

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Added By:	Elangkathir Duhindan
Date Added:	22 Dec 2023 15:21
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Tags:	Women in STEM, Women’s Advancement in IT, Women’s Persistence in IT, Gender Inequality, Intersectional Feminism, Liberal Feminism, Individual Experience, Culture, Career Progression, Social Identity, Confidence, Sexual Harassment, Unencumbered Worked, Diverse Teams, Visibility, Likeability, Women in Leadership, Mentors and Role Models, Networks
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URL:	https://open-education-repository.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/909
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