From: Cliff Rowley <cliffrowley@...>
Date: 2007-05-05T23:01:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby love

> I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to seem inflammatory.   More positively, I
> think my real question is, "Why are we (almost) *never* 
> meeting girls who can teach guys to be better programmers?"
> 
> That gets to be a complex, sensitive issue.  I guess I'm just 
> interested in people's thoughts on this, but I suppose that 
> I'm not surprised at how quickly people want to close down 
> the topic, sadly.

No no, your posts were really constructive.  I read them and I've been
pondering since.  My little outburst was directed more at the few aggressive
posts that have been made.  I just felt it was a little uncalled for.
Anyways.  I've only met 2 female programmers in my career.  One of them
didn't speak a word of English so I never got to know her, and the other
transferred to support about 6 months after she started.  I've never felt
that was a reflection on her though, it was a horrible environment and I
only lasted a year and a half there myself.  If anything she made the smart
move ;-)  But I have always wondered why we are so unbalanced, and this is
merely an observation, but until Athena I'd never met a woman who was even
remotely interested in programming.  That's just my personal experience,
ymmv.