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Yes, but forcing balance via quota; or taking a naive approach like shoveling comp sci to girls; is taking a hammer approach to a very nuanced problem. Program
by nobodyandproud 5y ago
Yes, but forcing balance via quota; or taking a naive approach like shoveling comp
sci to girls; is taking a hammer approach to a very nuanced problem.
Programming used to be done by women. At some point it flipped, but even in the 1980s there was clearly greatness https://www.fastcompany.com/90151279/the-woman-supercomputer-designer-who-inspired-steve-jobs https://www.fastcompany.com/90151279/the-woman-supercomputer...
Though note that the above designer went off to become an artist.
Rather than forcing the issue, the question that ought to be asked is what made/makes a former mostly-women dominated field appear so unappealing to women today?
I should also point out to that high paying and very physically demanding jobs such as nursing are dominated by women.
The issue can be as simple as a image problem. Kids, who wants to be lazy, mostly alone in front of a screen, and solving problems quietly, and get paid well for it?
Of course, no one will even ask this question if it’s career suicide to do so.
- loopz 5y ago80's became a huge boom to individuality and cut-throat competition, just saying.
- nobodyandproud 5y agoWhat does the 1980s being cutthroat have anything to do with the topic at hand?
- loopz 5y agoSorry forgot explanation. Alphamales tend to create and thrive in such workplace environment, to detriment of everyone else.