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Not Enough Women In Computing, Or Too Many Men?
itwbennett writes "Do geeks really 'drive girls out of computer science,' as the headline of a LiveScience article contends? Blogger Cameron Laird doesn't think so. In fact, 'I don't think "gender issues in computing" is important enough to merit the attention it gets,' says Laird in a recent post. And maybe the problem isn't that there are too few women in computing, but that there are too many men. 'I'm waiting to read the headline: "Women too smart for careers with computers,"' says Laird, 'where another researcher concludes that only "boys" are stupid enough to go into a field that's globally-fungible, where entry-level salaries are declining, and it's common to think that staying up all night for a company-paid pizza is a good deal.'"
One calm, level headed discussion about the disparity of genders in the world of computer science where everyone agrees on the solution with no emotions, personal anecdotes, gender studies, centuries of suffrage, accusations, cherry picked statistics, flamebait quotes from message boards, reverse sexism or chauvinistic undertones trumpeted.
Yep, this one sounds like it might be even as tame as your average climategate discussion.
My work here is dung.
Company-paid pizza and a soda, or fix it yourself.
Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
As a 49 yo grandmother, feminist, and C programmer for 20+ years I feel highly qualified to comment on this. The answer is that in my experience merit alone has been the only factor.
Shoveling bits sucks. It was fun about 10 years ago, but staring at a screen for a few years leaves one wanting for a change.
Hope is the currency of fools
I think you'd be surprised at the amount of tail male nurses pull.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Another reason to get out of IT will be to avoid the mandatory sex change operation to solve this issue.
Just don't piss her off Mr Bobbit.
They should like to go into the field involving making me meals, fetching me beer, and ironing my clothes.
Too many misters, Not enough sisters
Too much time on, too many hands
Not enough ladies, too many mans
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Don't forget, you can also wash the garbage smell off if you are a programmer however...
"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Hey look guys, personal anecdote. Must be true for all cases.
No, I wouldn't find that surprising at all. After all, women in computing certainly have a large selection of men to choose from (if that's their gender of preference). Of course, some will say it's quantity over quality...
Or as the saying goes... the odds are good but the goods are odd :)
Boys grow up with computer games
I got into comp sci because I wanted to code better options into my Barbie fashion designer games, but my brother took a poli-sci route even though he played way more games then I did. In the past 20 or so years, there have been a steady slew of video games for girls, and we're still seeing the gender disparities.
open source modern art: laser taggi
Is simplyhired.com a reliable site for salary metrics? See... I checked with them, and I could make more working as a horse than I could if I stayed at my current job as a potato
Unlike porn, which yada yada rimshot hey-ooh!
> Females tend to help each other to feel good.
I think I've seen that video too. It was pretty hot!
Men are also more inclined to pretty much give up their personal life to go into higher management, whereas women prefer to forego a career in favour of working part-time.
Because women really deep down just wanna 'make home', while men really deep down just wanna get away from the nagging wife a bit ;) (I keed I keed, mods don't kill me)