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I thought the very direct point he was making is that there's an small number of women who are exposed to CS at a young age and that's something that has to cha
by kumarski 13y ago
I thought the very direct point he was making is that there's an small number of women who are exposed to CS at a young age and that's something that has to change.
- poolpool 13y agoWhat other jobs is it expected that you've been doing it since early teens?
- rewind 13y agoWhether or not this applies to other jobs has nothing to do with whether or not it applies to CS-related jobs.
- Yver 13y agoProfessional basketball, football, concertist, etc... Professions where only the very best can succeed. Maybe you can learn piano at 21 and go on to become a renowned performer, but there's usually a correlation with learning things early. Might have something to do with the 10,000 hours thing.
- rayiner 13y agoIts ridiculous to compare programming to professional sports. There are less than 500 NBA players, in a sport probably millions of people in the US can play adequately. They're the 0.01 if not 0.001%. Talented programmers aren't anywhere near that rare.
- WalterBright 13y agoPretty much all athletic, dance & music jobs. Most of my fellow students at Caltech had a history of doing projects in their field of interest as teens.
- presty 13y agoBut tech jobs in general don't expect you to have been doing it since early teens. You can perfectly get a job in some Big Co. even if you only started programming in college. But startups in general (and in this case, YC) all want to hire the top 1%, so isn't it natural they are biased at the people with the most experience, because they believe that they are better (which is not necessarily true)?