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This argument doesn't work because there were a significant number of woman devs back in the 70s and 80s. That claim is completely at odds with the history of p
by fzeroracer 7y ago
This argument doesn't work because there were a significant number of woman devs back in the 70s and 80s. That claim is completely at odds with the history of programming.
And before people make the claim that programming was glorified hole punching as it seems to come up by that point in history we already saw the rise of modern abstractions and higher level development. It's controversial because it's trying to abstract some sort of universal biotruths by vaguely linking data with psuedoscience and correlation.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI don't think "glorified hole punching" is fair at all. It was still an intellectual challenge, just a different one. I find it hard to believe an explanation that proposes an industry has become more sexist since the 70s.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y agoWhat people chose to get degrees in a generation or two ago doesn't really help with hiring today. Especially when you mostly hire people in their twenties (not defending that).
- manigandham 7y agoThe field has changed vastly in the last 50 years. I don't find it shocking that interests and resulting demographics have also changed since then.