• someacnt
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    1 month ago

    Interesting how computer science is an outlier here when (IIRC) the first programmers were women.

    At least math being outlier “makes sense”.

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      I blame (in no small part) Hollywood and movies like Jurassic Park for pushing stereotypes about the field being dominated by creepy, obese, and gross “computer nerds.”

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        Damn it, the stereotype is basically me