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Having all of one type of thinking is a horrible idea. It leads to a certain amount of groupthink. The more diversity in a team, the less likely it is to happen
by baweaver 12y ago
Having all of one type of thinking is a horrible idea. It leads to a certain amount of groupthink. The more diversity in a team, the less likely it is to happen.
You seem to be reading into it quite differently than I meant it. What I'm saying is that they think differently in some cases which can lead to more thought out code, and by result better architecture.
- brandonmenc 12y ago> The more diversity in a team, the less likely it is to happen. If we're talking about strictly gender diversity, that's speculation. If we're talking about a diversity of past programming experiences, then you're correct. But you were definitely arguing that women can bring something to a project simply by their virtue of being women. > You seem to be reading into it quite differently than I meant it. I don't think so. You're saying that men and women think so differently about programming that an all-women team can never be as good as the those-same-women-plus-one-man team. I think you mean well, but what you're saying is damaging. And unproven. You suggest that, at least regarding programming, there's man-type thinking and woman-type thinking. If that were true, there'd be an identifiable difference between programs written by men and women. Gender diversity in a profession is desirable not because people have special gender-specific knowledge to bring to the table, but because they should just be able to be at the table, period.
- baweaver 12y agoI have a slight feeling I'm likely to talk myself into a hole no matter what I say on this matter. Yes, there are overlaps. From what experience I've had at least, their opinions are valuable to me. Not necessarily as better or worse, but as coming from a different perspective.