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Being a computer is different from being a software engineer or coder/programmer. Even when women were computers, they generally weren't the coders/programmers
by oh_sigh 7y ago
Being a computer is different from being a software engineer or coder/programmer. Even when women were computers, they generally weren't the coders/programmers - this task was usually up to mathematicians or other subject matter experts who were generally men.
Women computers were replaced by software definable processors, not by software engineers.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoI don’t think this is accurate. The mathematicians/engineers were more like architects, and the women programmers weren’t merely compilers or input technicians. They actually wrote code, though this was also considered a drudge task back then (a view that was corrected later). Also, proximity to the hardware allowed many to grow out of their original job descriptions.