been in a kinda sexist phase lately
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been fantasizing about how good I'd be at programming if I were born a boy. I'd be so cool.
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of the top .1% skilled programmers in the world, how many do u think are cis women
no I don't think it's socialization
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what are the metrics for calculating who the 'top 0.1% of skilled programmers' are? how does one even measure such a thing? it sounds like a fool's errand with so much variance within the profession
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if GMVH then that's probably true, but how actually relevant is that to your life? I'm not sure if i'm in the top 50% of skilled programmers, and that's still sufficient to get a lot of shit that I want done, done
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how does that prove or disprove whether it's socialization
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Do you think you're in the top .1% of female programmers now? Why would being born male put you in that position otherwise? I get it though I've had 'if I can't be amazing what's the point?' type thoughts in the past about stuff.
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ironically, I think you would actually benefit most from masculine socialization in this instance. the dude way is telling you to suck it up and put in more effort
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But those are just outliers on the normal distribution. Chances to belong to the top .1% of anything don't drastically increase because you belong to a certain sex; you're far more likely to be placed somewhere in the middle regardless of your sex.
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What makes you think that's a matter of ability rather than interest?
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Even if true, it doesn’t match the (joke?) fantasy you gave. The fantasy would be “what if I was a boy with very rare programming ability?” Not “what if I were a boy, then I’d have very rare programming ability”
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but currently you’re just trying to go from bottom percentile programmer to mediocre programmer—your problem isn’t that you’re a girl it’s that you’re a beginner