Re:How Women Got Crowded Out of the Computing Revolution
by kamaal on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:36AM
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>>Until recent years all developers I met were socially awkward men, me included.
Actually this true of any area of work that is kind of relatively new with progress and overall scene changing very rapidly.
What you see in Tech, there are plenty of such examples in early Industrial revolution or Renaissance.
Most people only want to get in because their either want a job, or they think there is an element of easy money. Its only when the effort vs return equation becomes clear and you realize its way harder than you thought - The 'make it easy for me' chorus grows.
Actually this true of any area of work that is kind of relatively new with progress and overall scene changing very rapidly.
What you see in Tech, there are plenty of such examples in early Industrial revolution or Renaissance.
Most people only want to get in because their either want a job, or they think there is an element of easy money. Its only when the effort vs return equation becomes clear and you realize its way harder than you thought - The 'make it easy for me' chorus grows.