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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by arkh on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:10AM (#21280172)
> Women were heavily involved in the early days of computing and built some of the early foundations of the field, like the first compiler.

Maybe because it was considered mostly a secretarial job and they did not have a lot of other opportunities. Once given the choice to get into more fulfilling careers they took it. It's only because there's money in what is thought as "easy white collar job" that some women try to do it. And it is only because coders cost a lot that there is a push to get more women doing it as a way to lower wages. Even if they don't want to.

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by lazyasciiart on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:43PM (#21286621)
> It's only because there's money in what is thought as "easy white collar job" that some women try to do it. And it is only because coders cost a lot that there is a push to get more women doing it as a way to lower wages. Even if they don't want to.

This is the kind of unsupported claim that makes these discussions unwelcome on hn.

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