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>Given a complex customer problem, a female analyst/programmer will often handle the problem better than would her male colleagues with equivalent experience an
by troughway 6y ago
>Given a complex customer problem, a female analyst/programmer will often handle the problem better than would her male colleagues with equivalent experience and ability. Not because businessmen are more lenient or show favoritism toward the female of the species, but because the female is often more sensitive to the nuances of a problem and to the complex interpersonal relations that may be part of the problem. In a very real sense, every computer problem with a customer is also a customer relations problem, and this is where feminine tact, insight, and intuition, combining with solid programming and analytical ability, can really pay off for the girl programmer.
The book is "brilliant" because of quips like the aforementioned.
Now, lets flip the genders and see who gets to keep their head.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't take the flamiest baitiest thing and start the discussion rolling downhill like this. It's exactly the opposite of what we're hoping for. Rather, you should comment on the most interesting thing. If there isn't anything interesting, or you don't have anything to say about it, please don't post. The idea is curious conversation. This is particularly important when a thread is new, because threads are sensitive to initial conditions. You wouldn't spill oil in a lake or toss litter in a park, so please don't do that here either. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- troughway 6y agoI disagree dang. It's literally half the article, and the author is practically gushing about it, in a time when as you yourself admit that bringing it up is the "flamiest baitiest thing". They could have chosen any other excerpt from the book. They chose this one. Flag the article - don't flag my commentary.
- LyndsySimon 6y agoConsidering the book was written in 1967, that is a strikingly insightful observation. Taken in modern terms - “soft skills” (which were valued and expected in women, and not valued if not actively discouraged in men) are often at least as important as raw programming ability.