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Re:In China, Women Hired to Motivate Computer Programmers by enraged_camel on Friday August 21, 2015 @08:53AM (#10097120)
>>Many SV startups display a website with 50% women programmers... all of them cute and young. We know very well they're not here to attract more women to programming.

Sorry, but... how do you know?

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Re:In China, Women Hired to Motivate Computer Programmers by tajen on Friday August 21, 2015 @09:06AM (#10097162)
Ok, I'll open the question: What is the effect of a website with 50% cute females on a male programmer? I've always assumed it was supposed to have an effect on me (male), which is has.
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Re:In China, Women Hired to Motivate Computer Programmers by lbotos on Friday August 21, 2015 @10:17AM (#10097592)
Our team is ~45% women. The women on our team are exactly that, on our team. They aren't there to "attract male talent."
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