The most jarring thing to me about this photo's spread is the blasé non-surprise at a pic that's apparently 100% men https://twitter.com/kevinroose/status/701629638645194752/photo/1pic.twitter.com/4HuUz4LYvm
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@starsandrobots i did, she found the programming classes too difficult, and PHP remained one of her more troublesome courses -
@starsandrobots keep in mind, i did have a total of 4 female classmates over the next 3 years, but i had about 70-80 male classmates -
@siriusblack9999 your experiences are interesting, however data show many factors you aren't referencing have influence in this -
@siriusblack9999 those numbers track pretty closely along https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/unlocking-clubhouse … study of CMU's CS program. You might enjoy checking it out -
@starsandrobots while i agree with some of the points made, it seems to mainly indicate this is caused by the previous generation's attitude -
@siriusblack9999 what's changed? -
@starsandrobots that indicates to me that women view programming as "puzzle solving" where men see it as "building something" -
@siriusblack9999@starsandrobots You're making so many generalisations based on single figure personal anecdotes, it's hard to keep up. - 2 more replies
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