What Happened to the Women in Computer Science?

The video discusses the gender disparity in computer science degrees, highlighting that women earn only 18% of these degrees today compared to 37% in the mid-80s. It attributes this decline partly to the marketing of PCs to boys and men, which created an unofficial prerequisite for computer science courses. The video also features a discussion with Jody Greenstone Miller about her daughter's interest in computer science and the notion that many successful individuals in the field do not attend college, questioning the importance of formal education for success in computer science.

What assumptions did professors make about students' experience with computers?

What is the significance of the statement that many successful people in computer science do not attend college?