No Longer an Inspiration

Re:No Longer an Inspiration by rjsw on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @01:35PM (#9382637)

I would see the mid 80s as the point where wider society became aware that computer programming existed as a job, your link does suggest this but also puts some blame on parents. Before this point there was no negative pressure on women to avoid it as a career, they just drifted into it same as the men.

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Re:No Longer an Inspiration by cgh on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @05:07PM (#9384134)

I work with a lot of Indian and Chinese programmers and plenty of them are women. I've asked them about the whole "why are there so few women in programming?" thing and they look at me like I have three heads. To them, it's like saying "have you notice that accountants often have red hair?"

It's just a normal job that you get, no real stigma attached.

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Re:No Longer an Inspiration by walshemj on Sunday April 19, 2015 @10:23AM (#9403222)

That's because of "extreme" societal pressures to get a "good" job though engineering is often seen as third best behind Medical and Lawyers.

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