Re:My Experiences as a Female Software Engineer
by erikpukinskis on Sunday January 16, 2011 @10:09PM
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The key to getting more females in CS
All sentences that start with these words are misguided. It is a complex issue with contributing factors at EVERY stage of a programmer's development.
Yes, let's help middle school girls get a chance to program. But let's also change CS curricula to draw on more skills besides programming. And let's make intro programming classes more welcoming to nonprogrammers. And let's find new venues for promoting startup job openings. And let's give grants for women making open source contributions, and, and, and....
The same is true of promoting literacy and bike friendly cities and fighting racism and most every other kind of activism. This is not a world of root causes.
All sentences that start with these words are misguided. It is a complex issue with contributing factors at EVERY stage of a programmer's development.
Yes, let's help middle school girls get a chance to program. But let's also change CS curricula to draw on more skills besides programming. And let's make intro programming classes more welcoming to nonprogrammers. And let's find new venues for promoting startup job openings. And let's give grants for women making open source contributions, and, and, and....
The same is true of promoting literacy and bike friendly cities and fighting racism and most every other kind of activism. This is not a world of root causes.