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Excellent article, though I don't agree on the conclusion to the question "Is it a problem that of computer science degrees earned, only 28% are earned by women
by dusted 5y ago
Excellent article, though I don't agree on the conclusion to the question "Is it a problem that of computer science degrees earned, only 28% are earned by women?"
No, I don't think that is a problem.
WHY only 28% ? Maybe the answers to that are problems.
I don't care about gender, or race or religion or whatever.
Being discriminated against? A problem.
I can't actually come up with anything else that's a problem. And I've never seen this discrimination happen, because there's never even been anyone to discriminate against in the first place!
Public school: ~50% females in class, 0 interested in computers.
Tech school: 0% females in class to begin with.
Uni: 0% females in class to begin with.
Work: 0% female programmers.
New position: 0% female applicants.
I don't _CARE_ about the gender of my coworkers, I care if they're competent at their job and pleasant enough to be around and decent human beings. Everyone who fit those criteria are absolutely most welcome on entirely equal terms.
I can only conclude that some people are more likely to want to enter tech than others. Why that is, I don't know, and I don't care either, that's their choice.
This will get downvoted as me being negative towards women in tech, which I am not, I'm neutral about it, no special treatment, positive or negative from me, sorry.