Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher
by astrogirl on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @09:34AM
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I've been a programmer/analyst for 17 years, and I have never experienced anything like what's being discussed by these women. I am older than they are (I'm a Gen-Xer), but still.
I've worked in web development shops, and I currently work for a regional grocery store chain, but most of my time was spent working for companies that own an internet backbone doing statistical reporting for the web. I can assure you, those places were heavily male and heavily geeky. No one ever suggests that I should be getting them coffee, much less making them a sandwich.
If anything, the younger, nerdier guys find me a little intimidating.
I wonder if some of the women in question are simply getting their ass handed to them in a code review and they think it's sexism. It's the opposite, actually. That's equal treatment!
I've worked in web development shops, and I currently work for a regional grocery store chain, but most of my time was spent working for companies that own an internet backbone doing statistical reporting for the web. I can assure you, those places were heavily male and heavily geeky. No one ever suggests that I should be getting them coffee, much less making them a sandwich.
If anything, the younger, nerdier guys find me a little intimidating.
I wonder if some of the women in question are simply getting their ass handed to them in a code review and they think it's sexism. It's the opposite, actually. That's equal treatment!