From: Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@...>
Date: 2007-05-05T18:05:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby love

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"but I don't know that it's for you to reap 'benefits'."

You're kidding, right? Note the satirical smiley...

Ivor


On 5/4/07, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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...
>
>

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