I was always told to prefer long& descriptive variable names over short ones but still I had to learn the hard way why. I know better now
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i was always made fun of for having long descriptive variable names
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Why? By who?
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I am assuming others who assessed/used her code.
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Replying to @o_guest @hisotalus and
It's actually very common in coding to get mocked regardless (they always find something) if you're not a bro.
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not just once. several times.
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I believe you. I was told weekly that women can't code when I was an undergrad in CompSci by the men on the course.
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My flatmate still thinks this. He is doing a PhD in engineering. Drives me nuts.
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Replying to @hisotalus @o_guest and
An average everyday conversation about variable name coding which supports
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But regardless gender is not what drives women out of coding, that's sexism.
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