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Back in the day, there were a few more women in CS :) I still agree that CS being "less social" is a huge factor. But have to admit it seems like there's some
by ploxiln 8y ago
Back in the day, there were a few more women in CS :)
I still agree that CS being "less social" is a huge factor. But have to admit it seems like there's some other factors too, and I think the "less social" and "wild west" combo is pretty significant.
- curtis 8y ago> Back in the day, there were a few more women in CS :) I actually think this is probably wrong. Back in the day there was a higher percentage of women in CS. It's possible that in absolute numbers there are as many women today in CS as there was then. That's because there's probably a lot more people in CS overall. I also think it's likely that back in the day most college-educated programmers had EE degrees, not CS degrees, so what you'd really want to look at is the percentage of women in CS and EE, not just in CS.
- stcredzero 8y agoBack in the day, there were a few more women in CS :) The professor I was thinking of was a woman, actually.