Re:Harvey Mudd College Attempting to Address Tech Diversity ...
by randyrand on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @03:28PM
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> programming as a skill is orthogonal to sex
I can believe that. But I would never argue it's orthogonal to interest. I would be fighting a losing battle if I argued men and women have exactly the same interests. IMO a 50/50 split is not going to happen naturally, and it won't be self sustaining. As we've already seen, the way to get closer to 50/50 is to peer pressure women into it. Whoopdee doo. Progress!
The biggest bias women in tech face IMO is impostor syndrome.
I can believe that. But I would never argue it's orthogonal to interest. I would be fighting a losing battle if I argued men and women have exactly the same interests. IMO a 50/50 split is not going to happen naturally, and it won't be self sustaining. As we've already seen, the way to get closer to 50/50 is to peer pressure women into it. Whoopdee doo. Progress!
The biggest bias women in tech face IMO is impostor syndrome.