Is Frontend Web Development Sexist?

Earlier this week a judge threw out the class action lawsuit against Google for pay discrimination. Embedded within a larger case about pay discrimination, is a question about whether a subfield in tech, front end development, is gender-segregated and lower paying. It is a fascinating argument and one that requires some understanding of why software is divided into frontend and backend, and what that means for women.

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