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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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