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>Decades ago, men kicked women out of the programming profession just as it was taking off. I hear this a lot. Maybe I'm too young to realize, but what exactly
by gravy 8y ago
>Decades ago, men kicked women out of the programming profession just as it was taking off.
I hear this a lot. Maybe I'm too young to realize, but what exactly happened?
- michaelcampbell 8y agohttps://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when... is, I think, a reasonable coverage.
- dubrocks 8y agoEarly “programming jobs” were secretarial work
- valenciarose 8y agoEarly programming jobs were highly technical but seen as secretarial in nature by scientists/engineers focused on hardware and a “how hard could it be” attitude about programming.