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Over the last several months, I’ve witnessed many controversial discussions among my friends, in my San Francisco community, and on online forums about James Demore’s memorandum. People of both genders are wrestling with the fact that fewer women go into computer science and trying to find explanations that balance their experience, empathy, and ethical aspirations. I’ve heard lots of good-intentioned people consider discouraging theories of biological superiority because they can’t find any other compelling explanation (like this post on HackerNews, for example). As a woman who studied computer science, worked at some of the top tech firms, and has founded a software startup, I’d like to share my take on why fewer women go into CS and my opinion on how to address the issue.
[...] I graduated from Stanford with a BS in Mathematical & Computational Sciences in 2015, interned at Apple as a software engineer, and worked as an Associate Product Manager at Google 2015-2017. In October, I founded a video editing website called Kapwing and am working on the startup full-time. Although I’m only 25, I’ve already seen many of my female friends choose majors/careers outside of STEM and have been inside of many predominately-male classes, organizations, and teams.
This article is one person’s humble perspective, and I do not speak for every woman in tech. But hopefully having the view of someone who has “been there” can help people trying to understand why there are fewer women in tech.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @03:50AM (4 children)
Not that you asked for my opinion, but I have to say that if I was hiring, I probably wouldn't hire you, either. Julia Enthoven (the blogger) shared her thoughts in a positive manner and has some decent recommendations. You attacked her with extremely vulgar names and a misdirected anger that I can only describe as toxic and disproportionate. That is not the type of worker that I would want to hire.
"But I would never act that way in a job interview," I assume you'd say. Maybe so, but I suspect that hints of your true behavior probably leak through, or maybe you give off an uncomfortable vibe, fake-smiling while trying to hide your true self.
You described yourself as a "Ghetto dweller". I suspect that if you stopped acting like you were from the ghetto with your self-centered (not caring about other people's problems), entitlement-minded ("I am denied employment"), profane attack-dog conduct, you might land a tech job.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Sulla on Saturday May 12 2018, @04:40AM (3 children)
Maybe he was a positive person until the "cant find a job at graduation" turned into "why do you have an employment gap" turned into "well fine fuck everyone". Took me four years to find a career in accounting because the hiring environment is so brutal, or was? Boomers who tell you to just walk up and shake the guys hand yet wont give you an interview without five years experience for a 25/hr entry level accounts payable job.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 12 2018, @10:25AM (2 children)
Naw, man, nobody gets to make excuses for who they are. That's something only they get to decide, so only they get to take credit or blame for it.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:53PM (1 child)
I partially agree... I use to fully agree until an idiosyncratic virus eat one of my tears duct. I use to be able to spend ridiculous amount of time in front of the computer screen, now I suffer if I go past 32h/w... You dont get to choose to get sick. If I had caught that shit before the start off my career I would not had a lucrative career in CS...
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 12 2018, @09:26PM
Yup. And you would have done something else that required intelligence, did not require staring at a screen, and been as well paid I expect. Setbacks aren't there to give you something to blame, they're there so people think you're a badass for having overcome them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.