Being a hacker and dad of girls, I have to admit I am always very excited and proud of women achievement in the tech world.<p>I still think there are not enough ladies hackers out there. I thank you Jessica for your work, this should inspire more girls to become hackers.
Why is it that <i>any</i> article about <i>any</i> female in computing, regardless of who they're working for or what they're working on, will always mention at some point the high male:female ratio in most technical fields? What is it about this topic that makes people want to come back to it over and over and over, no matter how many discussions they've had on it previously? Eg., even though this article's title is completely generic, the very <i>first</i> thought I had upon looking at it was "this will talk at some point about the dearth of women in programming or startups or something-or-other", and lo, my prophecy was fulfilled.
"Comically unbusinesslike behavior struck me as actually critical to the success of a startup."<p>What an interesting quote. I think I know what she's talking about, but I'm not sure.<p>If there's a difference between commonly accepted behavior and the behavior of successful startup founders, then which is really more "businesslike"?
And following the link trails we find:<p>Paul Graham (Viaweb) On raising money: “The advice I would give is to avoid it. I would say spend as little as you can because every dollar of the investors’ money you get will be taken out of your ass…”<p><a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/founders_at_wor.html#ixzz0EIDlAjVU&Bhttp://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/founders_at_wor.html#ixzz0EIDSEfh2&B" rel="nofollow">http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/founders_at_wor.html#ixz...</a><p>Is that "Y"?