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Does it really matter? (See if you can infer my gender from this question alone.) There are 5 females in my company's R&D, comparing to about 30 males. That
by sundae1888 19y ago
Does it really matter? (See if you can infer my gender from this question alone.)
There are 5 females in my company's R&D, comparing to about 30 males. That was way better than at my previous employer, where I was the only female in the 25-person team.
- huherto 19y agoI think it matters. A more diverse group of people will make the conversations more interesting. The same way that it is good to have hackers from many countries.
- manvsmachine 19y agoI'd say it does. Maybe not specifically to yc, but overall for the industry. Not that the prevalence of women is directly proportional to a given field's success, but it's like money: having more than someone else doesn't mean you're better, but if you don't have any at all, you're probably fucking up somewhere.
- Tichy 19y agoIt would definitely be more motivating to go to work every day if there were some female colleagues.
- imsteve 19y agoThis topic matters because it is a natural extension of those, quite thought stimulating, lists of traits of the best programmers. Lots of stereotypes are held merely for lack of data. Lets put more data on the table.