tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post749671149934202186..comments2017-06-07T06:11:35.524-04:00Comments on elephantangelchild: Why aren't there more women programmers?kcunninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04641419717110221695noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-36281408327271633042009-06-17T15:58:45.301-04:002009-06-17T15:58:45.301-04:00lol I love your post! I'm still in school for ...lol I love your post! I'm still in school for computer science and I have not really encountered that many creepy guys yet...Tarzioohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08710676256269109807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-37943298785309908752009-04-28T23:23:00.000-04:002009-04-28T23:23:00.000-04:00Katie,
We having some not-so-fun time right now o...Katie,<br /><br />We having some not-so-fun time right now over here in the Ruby/Rails community. I was just searching on woman programmers and ran across this post. Excellent points you make! I do think there is quite a bit to why there are not as many woman in the programming world. Having grown up with three sisters I very much appreciate the environments created by women and men working together. I agree that the most important thing us guys can do is WORK OUR ABS! My wife is happy with that too! Win-win.Richard Kilmerhttp://richkilmer.blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-24773105249965460302009-04-02T09:28:00.000-04:002009-04-02T09:28:00.000-04:00FWIW: One of my misc. #pycon conversations was wit...FWIW: One of my misc. #pycon conversations was with someone who was teaching programming to gifted kids, using Python. And the interesting take away for me was that teaching game programming was a very good hook for getting girls "interested in computers." IIRC these kids were pretty young, but I no longer remember many details of the conversation.dgounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-89211639398306878982009-04-01T18:09:00.000-04:002009-04-01T18:09:00.000-04:00@GuidoNo problem! And I've encountered them as wel...@Guido<BR/><BR/>No problem! And I've encountered them as well, though cons seem to be particularly troublesome.kcunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641419717110221695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-34817604173722444892009-04-01T16:32:00.000-04:002009-04-01T16:32:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting! You're dead on about the perso...Thanks for posting! You're dead on about the personal hygiene bit. I've been approached by more than one (male) fan whose armpits or breath turned my stomach.Guido van Rossumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821714508588242516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-91367463742735798252009-04-01T14:41:00.000-04:002009-04-01T14:41:00.000-04:00@Leddy:Regarding exposure, we could try having kid...@Leddy:<BR/><BR/>Regarding exposure, we could try having kids program when they're younger. By high school, gender roles are pretty set, so if they think that 'computers are for boys', they'll resist any exposure. Do it when gender roles are more fluid, and they'll have a chance to fall in love.<BR/><BR/>Another possibility is framing it differently. Different sexes and races do better on tests when they're called different things. Check out one of the more recent RadioLabs for a segment on that.kcunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641419717110221695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-65856963597829323182009-04-01T13:36:00.000-04:002009-04-01T13:36:00.000-04:00I consider myself a geek with two X's, and neither...I consider myself a geek with two X's, and neither of my parents are geeks. I just got in the game because I was exposed at a young age and just happened to be good at it. I often wonder what would have happened if I took that cooking elective instead of computer programming 101. Exposure is something people talk too little about - forced or elected. How can the community change that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-3619991365956001892009-04-01T12:28:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:28:00.000-04:00nice post, we do need more females in the industry...nice post, we do need more females in the industry.maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879711379090472478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-67967698230749501152009-04-01T11:58:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:58:00.000-04:00Wow, Katie. What a difference in upbringing betwe...Wow, Katie. What a difference in upbringing between you and me. My parents knew nothing about computers whatsoever. I finally got my mom on a iMac the early part of this decade because I was afraid for her to use Windows.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to next years PyCon in Atlanta!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09046207964290879028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-29536293981957733932009-04-01T11:10:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:10:00.000-04:00I have tongue-in-cheek thoughts about this (I prop...I have tongue-in-cheek thoughts about this (I proposed a boykissing open space, but I was pretty drunk), and Deep Meaningful Ones, but I don't actually know if I'm going to go there. I've been really high-strung about this for months, and have found I can't even think about it for more than about five minutes without flying off the handle in some fashion. Maybe I'll resurrect my blog and try to cobble something together. Hmmmm.pamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455540866725604198.post-28576095022123060902009-04-01T09:02:00.000-04:002009-04-01T09:02:00.000-04:00Yeah, get some cool jeans like these to attract th...Yeah, get some cool jeans like these to attract the geek girls!<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/c4yexf<BR/><BR/>Great article kcunning \o/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com