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To get more women seriously involved into technology, you realistically need to get more women to be unsocial and spend the majority of their lives planted in f
by nanoscopic 12y ago
To get more women seriously involved into technology, you realistically need to get more women to be unsocial and spend the majority of their lives planted in front of a glowing computer screen.
The reality is not that "careers in computers" are too hard to get into, or that we need them to be friendlier. In fact, I have personally found working in computers to be generally unfriendly across the board. I welcome any changes to make working in computers more attractive to women, because it would make it appeal more to myself as well. Since I already work in the field, it would just make the field better.
The fact is that a majority of women don't realistically want to be in the field once they know the full story of what is required to succeed in it.
I am aware of the people who have had computer careers and found them generally cheery, friendly, and easy, but I don't think this is the common case.