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from the title of the article, i thought this was going to be about the fact that there are a lot of tech jobs to distribute among a small number of people (mal
by auvrw 13y ago
from the title of the article, i thought this was going to be about the fact that there are a lot of tech jobs to distribute among a small number of people (male and female) compared to some other industries...
... immediately realizing that the article is about a very real difficulty (gender imbalance) for many lines of work, i immediately stopped reading, because based on the title alone, i suspect it's more of the (unfortunately) usual points.
for my two cents, i certainly would like to see more female programmers &/or mathematicians out there and am completely baffled about why, especially in academia, where it can be significantly easier to get into some math programs as a grad student, there aren't more women trying it out. perhaps because of articles talking about how problematic math and programming can be for women rather than about successful female mathematicians and programmers? i mean, there are definitely negative experiences that need to get out there, but i hope they don't obscure the fact that there are women in math/cs areas that have positive experiences as well.
- hashbanged 13y agoYou know... there's a lot of writing about that too. You're presenting a false choice, and then suggesting a theory that doesn't really have any basis but suggests that people writing about problems are actually part of the problem they're trying to solve. I know women who have great experiences in math and computer science. I don't think any of them haven't had their experience at least partially colored by male privilege.
- auvrw 13y agoyeah, it's a difficult topic. probably shouldn't have put forward that "theory." should've just been like this guy ( http://www.infoq.com/presentations/culture-hacking-singapore http://www.infoq.com/presentations/culture-hacking-singapore ) and said, "we want women," in block capitals.