Girl Scouts to introduce game developer badge

Re:Girl Scouts to introduce game developer badge by WalterSear on Friday April 19, 2013 @02:45PM (#5578083)

This is how you fix gender issues in the modern tech workforce; not after the problem has already taken root.

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Re:Girl Scouts to introduce game developer badge by glhaynes on Friday April 19, 2013 @02:53PM (#5578120)

I'd think the best would be a mix of both.

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Re:Girl Scouts to introduce game developer badge by twistedpair on Saturday April 20, 2013 @03:45PM (#5582556)

I totally agree. If people want to complain that there are not enough female software developers, then start at the source, not the editorial page.

Give young girls role models that are not exclusively pink loving homemakers. This is one of the first notable steps in this directions I've seen and I applaud it.

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Re:Girl Scouts to introduce game developer badge by ftay on Friday April 19, 2013 @06:56PM (#5579083)

I'm not sure what this even means. Are you saying there isn't room for efforts like 1) pushing for better recruiting practices 2) teaching grown women to code?

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Re:Girl Scouts to introduce game developer badge by dopamean on Friday April 19, 2013 @05:17PM (#5578750)

There's certainly a case for both approaches though this one is probably most effective in making long lasting changes.

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