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Now that I think about it: I’ve met more female programmers than black ones. And I might have met maybe 2 female programmers, and 0 black programmers. Weird.
by tobyhinloopen 6y ago
Now that I think about it: I’ve met more female programmers than black ones.
And I might have met maybe 2 female programmers, and 0 black programmers.
Weird.
Now imagine being a 50 year old black female programmer and getting hired.
Anyway I’d welcome colleagues of any color and gender.
- oh_sigh 6y agoIn America, females make up 50% of the population and black people make up 14%. You should expect to see more female programmers than black programmers. Something which does break the mold is my FAANG remote office has more trans women(4 that have explicitly came out, or whatever the right term is) than black people(2 by visual inspection) as software engineers.
- wrycoder 6y ago“Now imagine being a 50 year old black female programmer and getting hired.“ If one showed up, you know very well she’d be hired. At least, that’s my impression of what would happen at a large company. “Anyway I’d welcome colleagues of any color and gender.” Yes.
- mcv 6y agoThe vast majority of female programmers I've met were Indian. White female programmers are surprisingly rare in Netherland. I'm not entirely sure what to make of this observation. Is Netherland more sexist than India? It's hard to deny based on this observation, but Dutch society is usually pretty egalitarian. A lot of women work. Just not in software. But it's not that women in general aren't interested in it, because Indian women clearly are.