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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018) by tathougies on Thursday December 12, 2019 @05:50PM (#21777469)
> The analogy that programmers “build things” is just that—your typical programmer is certainly not cut out to be a construction worker.

Building things is not just construction though. I mean, your average clock maker is not qualified to plumb a bathroom, but that doesn't mean he's not making things.

I don't have an opinion on this, but the idea that programmers aren't building something is a bit silly.

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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018) by tptacek on Thursday December 12, 2019 @06:00PM (#21777553)
Programmers build things the same way garment-makers build things with sewing machines and needles.

Construction worker may do even less engineering design work than garment-makers do.

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Re:The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018) by tathougies on Thursday December 12, 2019 @06:33PM (#21777715)
Right... garment workers do build things. That's the point.... building is not just making structures. It's production in general.
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