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Re:Apply to seventh batch of Hacker School by nosefrog on Sunday March 10, 2013 @05:15PM (#5353498)
It is an assumption I've made because of a personal belief and a fact: I believe that women are just as qualified as men in the field of software engineering, and women are outnumbered by men 5:1 in that field [0]. There are many reasons why this might be true, but I think the one that makes the most sense to me is that our culture discriminates against women who program (and women in science and tech in general).

[0] http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/programming-and-development...

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Re:Apply to seventh batch of Hacker School by gfodor on Sunday March 10, 2013 @06:14PM (#5353749)
I think its funny I'm getting downvoted because people are projecting onto what I said. Hint: there are more possible answers to the question "Why aren't there more women programmers?" other than "the industry discriminates against them" and "they are not qualified."
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