PSA because I’m seeing this a lot: CS is not the only kind of engineering. Many contribute to “tech industry”, also have problems.https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/893977712569835523 …
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Seeing CS contrasted against astronomy, math, etc seemed to stand alone as the E in STEM.
This bar graph also does a better job of displaying how CS has been doing over time..pic.twitter.com/eFqPSfFuVS
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Oh I don’t discount the trend issue. But also, the “snapshot of today” is basically equivalent for E and CS, so… why ignore rest of E?
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Bc twitter is too short? He said "almost alone" I accept it as shorthand
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And yea, the Bay Area engineering world is fairly homogeneous in what type of engineer is meant by the word "engineer" I'm unbothered
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blah, it rubs me completely the wrong way. I don’t know why.
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Technically an engineer is a train operator but I always seem to forget my stripey overall-wearing professional kin
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I mean there’s the whole other world of PEs hating on anyone who didn’t take the exam. I get it. Still don’t like it.
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Thinking about it a bit: does it feel similar to other struggles for visibility due to marginalized identity?
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to some extent. I mean, surely ties into my perceptions of how hardware tech is treated here vs SaaS etc.
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