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> women displayed little to no interest in being associated with programming "nerds" which were predominantly men to the extent that men over-represented the gr
by throwaway3699 6y ago
> women displayed little to no interest in being associated with programming "nerds" which were predominantly men to the extent that men over-represented the group of socially outcast nerds
When did this change? I either missed it or this was always an exaggeration in media.
- bluescrn 6y agoI think attitudes changed a lot in the late 90s/early 00s. The Internet suddenly became a big thing, PCs massively growing in popularity, and the image of gaming was changing, becoming a less nerdy pastime with the arrival of the Playstation. Not really sure if it encouraged a more diverse set of youngsters to develop a serious interest in computing though, as by then we'd already got to the point where 'learning to use a computer' now meant Word+Excel rather than BASIC or LOGO