Google only has a 30 percent female workforce

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Google just hired Ruth Porat, a former Morgan Stanley executive, to be its chief financial officer, and is paying her a reported $70 million. You’d think that’s a sign that things are looking up for women in the tech industry.

The percentage of computing jobs held by women has actually fallen over the past 23 years, according to a new study.

In 2013, just 26 percent of computing jobs in the USA were held by women, down from 35 percent in 1990, according to the study released Thursday by the American Association of University Women, a nonprofit that promotes gender equality. During that same period, the number of women earning computing degrees also declined.

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