I am in no position to call my self I can write good multi threaded programs but... damn people are bad. Once I worked in an embedded project that had sleeps in UI thread and then people started to use threads for 'optimizing'. It didn't go well
I have 0 knowledge in business world and how things work but wasn't Jobs basically Apple itself? Even if he does not have single-handedly vote percentage to make things reality for Apple, his reputation is not enough to force things?
If that is true, I can relate the HR or hiring people. It must be bad when majority of applicants are not suitable to job at all.
~2 months ago I started searching for a new job. I only applied that actually suits to me and I am capable. I only applied 3 places and all interviewed me, in the end I got 2 offers (I am starting next week!). I guess that is just me.
>In a group of male programmers
As I said, male-female ratio is not that bad. Maybe 25% of total class? I am not sure about the numbers though.
I am not trying to ridicule people, It is just some facts I encountered before.
"confirmation bias"
It is not like I can be biased now, because there is no longer a data set for me. There is like 2-3 women (out of ~50) in the department I am working and they are not directly related to my area, weird huh?
I don't want to sound sexist but could be, just could be, is it possible that women are not as capable as when it comes to programming. waits for flames
I was a student assistant. I gave lab courses (lots of different types, cs 101, ai, graphics etc) and there wasn't a single girl that can actually do good. Sure there was some who can memorize a whole textbook and get A in grades thanks to exams but that was it. They were at best average for my case. And In my school, girl ratio is not that bad either. Even when I was a student, there was a single girl that applied and graduated as same year as males, all other females failed and prolonged their schools.
I am sure most of you met exceptional woman programmers, I am not denying that there might be exceptions. But from my personal experience women is not as capable as men in tech. That is pretty much my reasoning why there are so low interest in tech related courses/jobs for women
> And then the threats of violence started: "The author of this article is a whiny bitch and needs a good beating to be put in her place." Ten minutes later, the rape threats began, and I shut down our comments site-wide. And then the emails started...
Seriously? I am thinking a little exaggeration. I don't think trolls would send e-mails, what is the point if noone reads your trolling.
And what is the fault of the teacher (other than visual basic). "Guys, please don't harass this girl", yeah tell that to a bunch of boys and see how that works. I don't think students would just openly harass her. He might be a bad teacher but harassments is not his fault.
If there is one to blame, I would blame the parents. Didn't he researched the school before applying her daughter? Doesn't her daughter already above high school programming?