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posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 11 2018, @11:11PM   Printer-friendly
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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by epitaxial on Saturday May 12 2018, @04:26AM (5 children)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Saturday May 12 2018, @04:26AM (#678697)

    Right. Then you woke up.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 12 2018, @10:22AM (4 children)

    If that's what you gotta believe to get you through the day, go right on ahead. I quite understand that reality is just too much for some folks to handle.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:35PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:35PM (#678931)

      Says the guy who lives his life based on absolutes and ignores the things that contradict his worldview.

      You are a troll whose opinions get discarded due to being a hot bag of air.