Are most programmers male?
terry
tg5027 at citlink.net
Wed Aug 14 22:29:44 EDT 2002
Sorry, but I had to go back to the original post to examine the
enlightened viewpoints of Carl.
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No, the reason I think women are reluctant to be programmers is
that they don't want to study something where they'll be
outnumbered by men 20-1 or whatever. It's the same as a man not
wanting to take cooking class because he would be the only man in
the class.
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Sexist rubbish on both ends! I don't know what the men and women
are like in the hills of southern VA, but in most of the rest of
the world being 'cooped up' with 20 humans of the opposite sex
for a long period of time is not a negative experience. Maybe
it's the fields full of cows down there .....
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1. I don't think women prefer "abstract logical thinking" more
than men; more women tend to think emotionally than logically.
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You are referring to outward expression, not professional
performance. You cannot state any study where emotional response
has been demonstated to negatively effect group performance when
applied with genuine concern for the organization. You are more
likely to find studies where the inclusion of emotional thought
enhanced the performance of the business unit beyond it's ability
to perform based solely on pure logic.
I have worked with close to 50 engineering/software
organizations. The major performance problems of those
organizations are related to interpersonal relationships - not
technology. Someone who will emotionally stand up and say "this
is bullsh*t" is more valulable than the best software developer
who sits meekly with HIS code. And, it takes emotional thought
to arrive at this conclusion - not logical thinking. Diversity
of thought processes is not a valid measure to indicate the lack
of potential to positively contribute to a group effort.
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The important thing is that people are free to pursue their own
interests, without interference from cultural prejudices.
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Aren't your comments above both cultural prejudices?
There is a lot of dull boring repetition involved in programming,
when you have to work for a business that is. It could be that
the employment imbalance is caused by women being much more
perceptive in their choice of professions than little boys who
grow up playing with car toys, and who don't realize how simple
their construction really is, until they've wasted a lifetime
pursuing their machines.
Yes, I'm male - even tho I have a 'girl's' name.
terry
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