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Re:Women earned the majority of doctoral degrees in 2020 for... by TheFreim on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:16PM (#28881067)
I don't have any specific criticisms but I do think it's relevant to point out that the nature of things like computing, and other subjects, changed over time. To say computing is the same today as it was back then would be an error (not trying to insinuate you say otherwise, just believe it's important to note).
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Re:Women earned the majority of doctoral degrees in 2020 for... by danShumway on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:46PM (#28881473)
I agree in general, but my understanding is that if anything the technical challenges that people point out today as attracting analytical male brains were even harder in the past. The earliest computer programs were written by hand without access to the computers themselves.

I don't think programming was a field that used to be about people skills and slowly morphed into something analytic and technical today, programming today seems to me to be much more user-friendly and social.

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