The First 1940s Coders Were Women (2017)

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2 pointsiamflimflam13 comments

> "Tech bros"

Maybe one day we can have a conversation about gender that doesn't start with denigrating 50% of the population as know-nothings.

I'd settle for the separation of douchey marketing/sales/MBA-chickenhawk bros from derpy engineers.

> There are multiple likely factors that contributed to programming’s shift from a women-friendly occupation to one that is hostile to women

I am tired of the tribalism. Engineering isn't just hostile to women, it's just damned HOSTILE.