From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-05-05T04:09:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby love

On 5/4/07, Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@gmail.com> wrote:
> Great, thanks guys.
>
> I think I will start by trying the guessing game and maybe make it more
> complicated from there on.
>
> So...has this payed of for anyone? Have you guys reaped any benefits? :p

You know, this is a little bit more of a sensitive topic than it might
seem.  It is a great to teach people close to you to program, but I
don't know that it's for you to reap 'benefits'.

I wonder if there are good ways that we can get more women involved in
programming.  Me teaching one of my ex-girlfriend's Perl was actually
a pretty bad experience because I found myself treating her like a
hacker automatically and it caused a lot of social stress...

Of the females on this list, how did you get into programming?   How
can we be better at being supportive of getting women involved in
programming?

These questions I think are important for us to think about...  If
you've been to any users groups or conferences (and I know this isn't
just a Ruby problem), the  gender imbalance is startling...