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What changed? Perhaps an influx of affordable home computers that drew a huge amount of male youth to computer-related occupations.

• tobinfricke 12y ago
  What is gender-specific about "affordable home computers"?
  • guard-of-terra 12y ago
    Boys tend to figure out how home computers work, and once they start, this is an endless trip down the rabbit hole. I don't usually observe the same in girls. They use computers for their worth but they don't seek more. Female programmers I know are usually taught formally, not self-taught as opposed to male programmers.
    • tobinfricke 12y ago
      As far as I know, there is no actual evidence for this being a result of innate differences between boys and girls.