So I'm a female software engineer (the only one on our team of ~50), and I couldn't really identify with most of the posts on here. Am I just really lucky, and work for one of the few good companies out there?
As a male software engineer, I find this smart, educational and entertaining. But then again, what the hell do I know about it?<p>How can I show support for this without sounding like an idiot?
I have a serious question... is this a west coast thing? A midwest or southern thing? I've worked for over 13 years in Boston, in several companies with several smart female engineers... no one ever treated them differently that I saw. So... anyone seeing this in Boston? Maybe developers here are more enlightened? Maybe all the women coders need to come to Boston. :)
I am curious why "tits or gtfo" is on the list, considering that it is designed to piss off women. It's still awful and is probably one of the most vulgar things you could say to anyone... but do actual professionals say stuff _that_ offensive in software engineering settings?<p>I don't mean to be combative, just curious.
This is awesome and really sad at the same time. My last computer science class was 60-70% women and yet it seems like female representation in tech is only 30% if that.
The good news is that it seems that in larger companies the ratio is closer to 50%
It took me a minute to understand what you meant by "coworker gets touchy". At which point my reaction was as portrayed in "lady problems".<p>I am changing careers to something less male dominated. I am taking up long distance truck driving.
As a male Software Engineer, when I encounter the
"rare and elusive" (he he) female Software Engineer I automatically assume they are smarter than me and not afraid to get their hands dirty with some low level goodness..