Spot on. “Computers are for boys” is exactly the socialization I’m talking about. “So when Ordóñez got to Johns Hopkins University in the '80s, she figured she

Spot on. “Computers are for boys” is exactly the socialization I’m talking about. “So when Ordóñez got to Johns Hopkins University in the '80s, she figured she would study computer science or electrical engineering. Then she took her first intro class — and found that most of her male classmates were way ahead of her because they'd grown up playing with computers.” A programmer is not so different to a tennis player: training begins before age 10. Anyone entering a compsci university course at age 18 without substantial experience of computing has a mountain to climb.