But the smartest women are going into better fields, like medical, law and business. They often look for more meaningful work. Unfortunately, Canadian tech companies are boring, don't often do meaningful work and are on the brink of bankruptcy everyday. Why would a smart women, or person of any gender, want to work in tech. It attracts a very specific type of person, and that is not a good person necessarily. A few unicorn startups have created undue merit to a ill defined and misaligned sector.