I agree that it is good that we finally have the media taking cues from those who know best about a given area. Doctors should be the ones reporting on Health issues, and programmers should be reporting on the kinds of issues Jane's is writing about.
However, I'm not confident that we can consider this single article to be the sign that things are changing on a grand scale. Even a handful of magazines doing something like this wouldn't constitute a big shift in the paradigm. Mainstream media still has a stangle hold on the information the average person receives. Let's not get too congratulatory yet.
All in all, I think that this is a great start. It could become a template for other such atricles. I definately think it's the best way to report on such issues. We just have a long way to go before we see this happening frequently.
Wow. If getting to marry people like you is my alternative to being a spinster........
At any rate, trust me. Women programmers have NO trouble finding geek boys to date.
C'mon! You're making the rest of these boys looks bad!
'Sides, I think that those who don't wanna date a female programmer, or don't think that women should be encouraged to program, are actually afraid that women could prgogram just as well as they can.
And from what I've seen, the other chick programmers mop the floor with most the you guy programmers.
It's not "genetic" or taught. It's all about access to the toys. While most boys are getting tools, and Erector sets, girls are getting Barbie dolls and tea sets. How the heck is a girl supposed to know that it's ok to be a geek if she never gets the chance to see if she likes it! Sure, no on is telling us that we can't program. But no one is telling us that we can!
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I agree that it is good that we finally have the media taking cues from those who know best about a given area. Doctors should be the ones reporting on Health issues, and programmers should be reporting on the kinds of issues Jane's is writing about.
However, I'm not confident that we can consider this single article to be the sign that things are changing on a grand scale. Even a handful of magazines doing something like this wouldn't constitute a big shift in the paradigm. Mainstream media still has a stangle hold on the information the average person receives. Let's not get too congratulatory yet.
All in all, I think that this is a great start. It could become a template for other such atricles. I definately think it's the best way to report on such issues. We just have a long way to go before we see this happening frequently.
Wow. If getting to marry people like you is my alternative to being a spinster........
At any rate, trust me. Women programmers have NO trouble finding geek boys to date.
C'mon! You're making the rest of these boys looks bad!
'Sides, I think that those who don't wanna date a female programmer, or don't think that women should be encouraged to program, are actually afraid that women could prgogram just as well as they can.
And from what I've seen, the other chick programmers mop the floor with most the you guy programmers.
It's not "genetic" or taught. It's all about access to the toys. While most boys are getting tools, and Erector sets, girls are getting Barbie dolls and tea sets. How the heck is a girl supposed to know that it's ok to be a geek if she never gets the chance to see if she likes it! Sure, no on is telling us that we can't program. But no one is telling us that we can!
Anyways... enough of my rant.
-C.