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Yes, it would have been helpful if Spolsky cited any of this. (Again, maybe he did but it wasn't in the article.) There's a fair amount of research also demon
by jimbokun 3y ago
Yes, it would have been helpful if Spolsky cited any of this. (Again, maybe he did but it wasn't in the article.)
There's a fair amount of research also demonstrating different distributions of interest in working with "things" vs. "people", with men leaning towards the former and women the latter. It would be interesting to tease apart how much each factors into the lack of women in software, but I imagine very difficult to accomplish.
- tech_ken 3y agoDefinitely agree that it’s likely a mix of factors, and certainly one that’s very difficult to untangle in a satisfactory way. Also it seems likely to be confounded by the usual “nature vs nurture” type issues. Like in the Star Trek TNG universe where no one has any material or societal constraints whatsoever would that same preference discrepancy show up? And even if it did, would it be attenuated in any ways by changes in cultural norms? Questions that are probably impossible to answer; still at least seems worthwhile to tackle the obvious low hanging fruit of causal sexism, harassment, etc.