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"Far too many girls don't even consider trying to program, and regret that later in their lives."

Funny, I've talked to tons of women about what I do, and not a single one has ever expressed that programming is cool, or interesting -- much less that they regret not having done it.

Look at the success of women in all other "intellectual" professions and you'll see the numbers increasing, not decreasing.

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Girls are perhaps less likely to try programming when they're younger, which means they come into undergraduate programs less well-prepared, which overall may contribute to fewer women pursuing CS as a major.

(I don't have the data to back that up - yet - so it's worded vaguely).

Anecdotally, I know several adult women who are learning to program and kicking ass at it.

I had roughly same experience with men and women. If they can't program they do not genuinely wish they could. They just say "It's so cool YOU can do this."

I don't think anyone has sincerely said that about the programming aspect of my work, ever.

The design, yes. The writing, yes. But to people I talk to, the code is whatever, the invisible shit that makes it work. They don't care.

I get this comments only if I code on the fly when they are present. They see that there is nothing and after some keyboard clicking there is something.

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