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There are plenty of people who don't want women in tech, but no blog post will be able to change all of them. They have traditional values and that is their rig

There are plenty of people who don't want women in tech, but no blog post will be able to change all of them. They have traditional values and that is their right. Thankfully, their time is passing. All we can do now is get more young women into technology out of high-school/college. I'd love to see someone, anyone's thoughts on encouraging young women to become interested. I think it's possible, but I think programming needs a makeover of culture before that happens.

sukuriant 12y ago
If memory serves me, it's more of this generation that doesn't like women in tech. The one before us, or perhaps two before us, was very female-friendly. In fact, some famous photographs of computers and people working on them, display women in them, actively working. The modern perspective is that the lady is the equivalent of a Booth Woman, just there for eye candy; but a historical account from the woman herself was that she as an active participant and it wasn't strange for her at all to be on the team. I don't remember exactly what article it was, so if anyone could bring it up. A quick glance at Wikipedia suggests it was in the 40's ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing#Timeline_of_women_in_computing_worldwide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing#Timeline_of... )