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0 pointsGhotiFish10y ago0 comments

You're right. It could be that women are in fact far more effective programmers than men, and we're missing out on 70% of the brain power.

hard to say.

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dennisgorelik10y ago

That is unlikely. Otherwise women would have already dominated programming industry.

magicalist10y ago

That doesn't follow in the slightest. There's more to "dominating" an industry than being effective at a job (I'd put that fairly low on the list as long as you hit some threshold, actually).

dennisgorelik10y ago

What are more important reasons for dominating in the industry [other than being effective at a job]?

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dennisgorelik10y ago

That is unlikely. Otherwise women would have already dominated programming industry.

magicalist10y ago

That doesn't follow in the slightest. There's more to "dominating" an industry than being effective at a job (I'd put that fairly low on the list as long as you hit some threshold, actually).

dennisgorelik10y ago

What are more important reasons for dominating in the industry [other than being effective at a job]?

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