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> “We need to address the undervaluing of HTML and CSS for what it is: gender bias.“ And with that, an interesting article, putting forth an already controver
by danielvf 8y ago
> “We need to address the undervaluing of HTML and CSS for what it is: gender bias.“
And with that, an interesting article, putting forth an already controversial proposition, lost any hope of rising above a comment flame war.
- tbirrell 8y agoI think one of the comments on the article summed it up pretty well. > I think I disagree with half that statement. I agree that HTML is undervalued, but I've never seen that as gender bias along that line. [...] I think it's an issue of, "declarative languages simply can't be hard"
- nscalf 8y agoCan we have one opinion article that doesn't devolve into some form of identity politics? Can't we talk about full stack development without it somehow being that men are sexist against CSS?
- frenchy 8y agoYeah, that comment was really unfortunate. HTML & CSS is undervalued, but it has very little, if anything, to do with gender bias. It has a lot to do with the fact that a) it's really hard to write requirements for those things and b) the minimum bar for getting any results at all is a lot higher for programming, so that tends to get the most attention.
- projektfu 8y agoIf it is undervalued, it's probably because it's a safer environment that many people work with. It's hard to write css that's going to leak information or allow root access. There aren't a ton of performance gotchas either. However, I believe an expert who can make things right on the first try instead of tinkering and copypasting their way around should fetch a good salary.