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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by geofft on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#14949635)
This is the one place where I actually do agree with the author of the essay: computer programming is now seen as a high-status field, so it's worth it for men who seek high-status careers to displace women and construct rationalizations. It wasn't high-status in the 1960s.
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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by CalChris on Monday August 07, 2017 @05:40PM (#14951509)
My dad programmed computers in the 60s. He wore a coat and tie everyday. He worked for, among other places, NASA. He drove a Jag, several Jags. I wear a tie at funerals and only then when forced.
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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:42PM (#14950065)
Ahem, lab coats. They wore lab coats in the 60s.
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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by chrisco255 on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:52PM (#14950152)
Operating a computer in the 1960s was arguably more high-status. Computers occupied entire rooms and were operated mainly by military, government, and academic institutions.
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Re:On managing outrage in Silicon Valley by chrisco255 on Monday August 07, 2017 @05:56PM (#14951597)
https://www.slideshare.net/lenbass/programming-in-the-1960s
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