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You're right. It could be that women are in fact far more effective programmers than men, and we're missing out on 70% of the brain power. hard to say.
by GhotiFish 11y ago
You're right. It could be that women are in fact far more effective programmers than men, and we're missing out on 70% of the brain power.
hard to say.
- dennisgorelik 11y agoThat is unlikely. Otherwise women would have already dominated programming industry.
- magicalist 11y agoThat doesn't follow in the slightest. There's more to "dominating" an industry than being effective at a job (I'd put that fairly low on the list as long as you hit some threshold, actually).
- dennisgorelik 11y agoWhat are more important reasons for dominating in the industry [other than being effective at a job]?
- magicalist 11y agoAre promotions handed out to only the worthy? Are technical decisions always made by the expert that should have been there? Is every interview candidate perfectly evaluated and ranked relative to their competitors? Are only expertly programmed and well tested code bases valued at billions of dollars? Of course not. Political skills, connections, self promotion, being in the right place at the right time etc etc are all hugely important. Ask anyone giving advice on everything from getting a job to advancing your career to funding your startup. Within a huge (huge) swath of ability, your technical chops just aren't correlated with your eventual success.