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I dated a woman for 9 years who has a Masters degree and who certainly can code. She just finds coding to be tedious and could never imagine doing that as a job

I dated a woman for 9 years who has a Masters degree and who certainly can code. She just finds coding to be tedious and could never imagine doing that as a job. My wife has a PhD, an MBA, and is working on another higher degree. She can also code, but she also finds coding to be tedious and tells me she feels sorry for me in my coding job, because she can't imagine how I could feel otherwise. One of my female Computer Science professors used to brag about how she didn't code.

Paul-ish 8y ago
> One of my female Computer Science professors used to brag about how she didn't code. It's not uncommon for academics to stop coding at some point in their career. They basically become managers.
- stcredzero 8y ago
  It wasn't that. She was one of those Comp Sci == specialized discrete math people.
swingline-747 8y ago
BTDTBTTS. I know the overachiever psyche a bit too well. Last female unit spoke five languages and was serious about opera and poetry. Personally, I much prefer females of the English or business depts to most engineers or scientists... sorry most of HN, I work and live better with wilder ones. I'll turn my enginerding creds in at the door. Anywho, It's a dangerous topic to compare men to women, the SJWs love to make an example out of anyone with external genetalia that's not in a protected group with something usually of the form "it's men keeping women down with bias, assumptions and force." This is usually followed by statements of equality (literal, numeric group parity) rather than equity (parity for the individual's particular needs and desires). If the idea is to push girls into computer science at every opportunity whom don't want to, while simultaneously short-changing boys, that seems unfair. I can see not assuming stereotypes about anyone. Boys want to cook or knit, girls want to code, weld or rebuild engines, very cool... whomever can do whatever, all Kosher and good. What about the absence of boys to girls ratio in academia? You never hear that talked about by feminsts (except maybe Camille Paglia)... maybe because the majority of modern feminism is inherently sexist. Gasp! Slay the unbeliever! Anyhow, I hope more boys and girls try coding, machining, robotics, chemistry, physics, painting, baking and so on and do it if they want to, rather than being hearded into it like one more multitalented, performing-monkey "prodigy" class like piano, tap, violin, etc.

Paul-ish 8y ago

> One of my female Computer Science professors used to brag about how she didn't code. It's not uncommon for academics to stop coding at some point in their career. They basically become managers.

stcredzero 8y ago
It wasn't that. She was one of those Comp Sci == specialized discrete math people.

swingline-747 8y ago

BTDTBTTS. I know the overachiever psyche a bit too well. Last female unit spoke five languages and was serious about opera and poetry. Personally, I much prefer females of the English or business depts to most engineers or scientists... sorry most of HN, I work and live better with wilder ones. I'll turn my enginerding creds in at the door. Anywho, It's a dangerous topic to compare men to women, the SJWs love to make an example out of anyone with external genetalia that's not in a protected group with something usually of the form "it's men keeping women down with bias, assumptions and force." This is usually followed by statements of equality (literal, numeric group parity) rather than equity (parity for the individual's particular needs and desires). If the idea is to push girls into computer science at every opportunity whom don't want to, while simultaneously short-changing boys, that seems unfair. I can see not assuming stereotypes about anyone. Boys want to cook or knit, girls want to code, weld or rebuild engines, very cool... whomever can do whatever, all Kosher and good. What about the absence of boys to girls ratio in academia? You never hear that talked about by feminsts (except maybe Camille Paglia)... maybe because the majority of modern feminism is inherently sexist. Gasp! Slay the unbeliever! Anyhow, I hope more boys and girls try coding, machining, robotics, chemistry, physics, painting, baking and so on and do it if they want to, rather than being hearded into it like one more multitalented, performing-monkey "prodigy" class like piano, tap, violin, etc.