Re:As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops
by hashberry on Friday March 18, 2016 @10:40PM
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"Computer programming, for instance, used to be a relatively menial role done by women."
This statement requires historical perspective:[0]
"Coding implied manual labor, and mechanical translation or rote transcription ... [women] would code into machine language the higher-level mathematics developed by male scientists and engineers."
In other words, women did not do the type of "computer programming" done today. The job changed significantly as technology became easier and more accessible, and these type of "coders" became obsolete.
Re:As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops
by wolfsir on Saturday March 19, 2016 @08:38PM
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I stopped reading the article at this point, as this statement didn't merely undermine the the author's credibility, it actually collapsed their credibility into a gaping sinkhole.
This statement requires historical perspective:[0]
"Coding implied manual labor, and mechanical translation or rote transcription ... [women] would code into machine language the higher-level mathematics developed by male scientists and engineers."
In other words, women did not do the type of "computer programming" done today. The job changed significantly as technology became easier and more accessible, and these type of "coders" became obsolete.
[0] http://womensenews.org/2012/03/women-were-first-computer-pro...