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Re:FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh by dTal on Thursday October 21, 2021 @08:56AM (#28943717)
"Successful women in computer science are universally thick skinned, confident and driven, and would not have succeeded if it were not for those qualities."

This appears to me to make the opposite point that you think it does.

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Re:FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh by dekhn on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:33AM (#28944097)
nope it doesn't. those are necessary but not sufficient skills for success in this field.
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Re:FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh by dTal on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:17AM (#28944768)
Really? And why is that? And for men too? I doubt that.

Your observation of a small number of successful women in computer science who aren't bothered by gender bias is entirely consistent with hordes of other women who've been chased away. This is a classic case of Survivorship Bias:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

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