genderfree

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   by genderfree 17y ago

   Thank you for saying so. I have a tendency to keep up with all the men in my career who helped me with my career, directly or indirectly: Mark Ruzicka: Navy petty officer who turned me on to DOS 6 and hacking in general John Grosshandler:
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   by genderfree 17y ago

   Summary of below: Since I was not aggressive/assertive and since I was coming up as a female in the 80's, a lot of my life track on the way to becoming a programmer was spent trying to deal with the stigma associated with my desire to do s
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   by genderfree 17y ago

   This explains my exact feelings about telephone conversations, except that I don't have a "phobia". I just hate the telephone. During a phone screen interview over a year ago, I told my future boss "yeah, this isn't going too well, I'm down
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   by genderfree 17y ago

   This is a refreshing article. On page 10 or thereabouts, it is noted that the line between "coder" and "programmer" was blurred and women often took on the more intellectual aspects of programming, not just data entry. I am amazed at how li