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one thing I love about programming computers is that its pure merit, has nothing to do with my gender, sexuality, race, marital status or parenting status. its
by syngrog66 5y ago
one thing I love about programming computers is that its pure merit, has nothing to do with my gender, sexuality, race, marital status or parenting status. its orthogonal to all those things. the computer doesnt care, books dont care, etc. up to you when you sit down with them. anything is possible, just up to you
- ausbah 5y agobut does that matter? there are more important things such as access to computers & related resources at a young age, hiring for jobs that involve computers, etc. that are biased
- xanaxagoras 5y agoI couldn't agree more. I guess when you can't hack it and are literally told by employers that you do "not have the technical skills for the job" as this woman was, you can fall back on your gender, sexuality, race, marital or parenting status to make waves and garner sympathy from a society that increasingly values the right combination of these over merit.
- threatofrain 5y agoBut programming may involve culture fit, so maybe you are hypothetically comfortable working as an older person with 22 year olds, but the rest of the team might not feel the same way.
- alistairSH 5y agoI suppose that’s true in some sense. But working in tech, you run into all those biases and prejudices just like anywhere else.