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December 21, 2011
➸ We survived by the skin of our teeth.: allthatisthecase: Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced...
Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls”
So much misogyny and the article gets worse—but good to know too.
“As historian Nathan Ensmenger explained to a Stanford audience, as late as the 1960s many people perceived…
This would also explain why practically all the female professional programmers I’ve known had jobs in the 70s or before. I never thought to wonder about that. Not that I know a large number anyway, but the majority had jobs ages ago, and that’s weird given other factors.
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