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I don't think it's about absolute numbers, women did not stop coding. It's just more men starting to code, which makes the share of women smaller.
by cuillevel3 11y ago
I don't think it's about absolute numbers, women did not stop coding. It's just more men starting to code, which makes the share of women smaller.
- arien 11y agoI was thinking along the same lines (personal computers = more boys interested in CS). Then I found this in the comments section of the article: http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/im_thatoneguy/CSDegrees_10-27-14_zps43c754a2.png http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/im_thatoneguy/CSDegr... Interesting that there was a dip of both males and females around 1984. So I'm not so sure of the statement above anymore. However, around the year 2000 there's this peak where males do outnumber females by a great deal (even if the number of females joining also increased). If all these graphs are accurate I'd wonder more about the Y2K rather than 1984...
- vlehto 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_crash_of_1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_cras...
- Retra 11y agoI feel like that, by 1984, the "this is the sexy future!" vibe that was associated with computers wore off a bit as it became more commercialized and common in people's homes.
- d_theorist 11y agoThis is what I was thinking as well, but they don't give us the data in the article to confirm.
- nmc 11y agoThis is probably true, but equally bad. Why would so much more men than women start to code?