Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher
by smoyer on Monday September 09, 2013 @09:23PM
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Hmmm ... with that theory you'd also have to explain the odd concentration of socially inept males in tech. Why are they pooling there? Is it a "low spot" where gravity leaves a puddle? (street cred based on brain-cells instead of muscle and the ability to completely avoid physical interaction sure sounds like a win to a severe introvert).
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Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher
by untog on Monday September 09, 2013 @09:24PM
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Why are they pooling there? Is it a "low spot" where gravity leaves a puddle?
Kind of, yes. Programming is a decidedly anti-social job in many ways, and suits the socially inept.
That's not all a negative thing- it's possible to be successful through your skills alone, and few other jobs provide that path.
Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher
by zalambar on Monday September 09, 2013 @09:44PM
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Unless you are a minority in the field in which case your success apparently requires tolerating disproportionate abuse from your socially inept peers. Hardly the meritocratic environment we like to imagine here.