On Girls, Boys, and IT Careers
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Maybe women have more choices in their work life (because they can always marry and have children, so they do not have to worry as much about their career), so they tend to choose more attractive professions (less stressful or higher social status - I hear a lot of women are becoming doctors and lawyers). That is my theory (I know it sounds a bit cynical), at least I think that is a factor. Now to me personally software development is attractive, but only so so - I like to build and create things, not necessarily the part where one sits in front of the computer all day, hardly talking to anyone.
Also, where are the campaigns to make more men become school teachers and kindergarden workers?
"Honestly, I don't believe that girls are always only thinking socially, nice and eco-friendly, while boys dream of guns and bombs." Neither do I. But I think there's a useful point she was making about thinking about the way things interact / what they allow users to do, rather than programs that work fine by themselves but do not play well with others (every morning I load a bunch of stuff and watch them steal focus from each other) and implementing features because it's quite cool that you can do this thing we'll find a use for it later (yay, bloat!).
"Also, where are the campaigns to make more men become school teachers and kindergarden workers?" I don't know. We should probably ought to have some, but expecting them to be provided by the tech industry is a little optimistic.
The speaker in the video presents a real and compelling argument. The female way of looking at technology, at how interactions occur, at how tech shapes the world and how the future will happen, all of this is different from the male perspective. And it's a valuable perspective. Having females in the tech workplace isn't just a matter of being politically correct. It's a matter of not dismissing a fascinating and helpful way of looking at the world.