anifit01 · HackerTrans

>People should stop trying to force women as a category into computer science, and just focus on the individual.

That would be ideal. I think the reason they have to "force" anything is because of the gender gaps that get reported. But yes, any manager shouldn't make assumptions about how someone wants to work, or will excel at work, based on gender.

Separately, I hope the gender gaps in computer science or math etc. can be corrected by exposing boys and girls to education and career choices in a gender neutral manner, which I don't think happens enough.

Edit to clarify.

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I fail to understand how this is a men VS women issue, as comments here are interpreting this. As evidenced by this part in the article, it is more a this person issue. Or their learning style, as one comment has already pointed out.

>It wasn’t my teacher’s fault; she tried hard to engage me and figure out why I wasn’t connecting well with the work. Nor was I facing discrimination or isolation based on my gender — it was an all-girls school, and every single other woman who took that computer science class that year became an engineer or scientist.

I felt compelled to make a comment myself because I am a woman, and I am kind of tired of broad, sweeping generalizations about women and how they learn or want to work.

I think there's something to note here, though, and that she was driven towards a particular field because of her childhood experiences. She sounds like someone who would have benefitted from guidance at that age. Human experiences are complex, and not only because of the number of varying factors that can shape and impact them. I don't think its simply about sex differences.