Girls Go Geek Again 378
nessus42 writes "Computer science has always been a male-dominated field, right? Wrong. In 1987, 42% of the software developers in America were women. And 34% of the systems analysts in America were women. Women had started to flock to computer science in the mid-1960s, during the early days of computing, when men were already dominating other technical professions but had yet to dominate the world of computing. For about two decades, the percentages of women who earned Computer Science degrees rose steadily, peaking at 37% in 1984.... And then the women left. In droves. ...it looks like women are now returning to computer science."
Oh I'm sorry (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh I'm sorry (Score:5, Funny)
This may be true... (Score:0, Funny)
But they certainly aren't in any of my classes. Which is of course, quite disappointing.
Thank god! (Score:5, Funny)
Its been a total sausage fest in I/T for the last 20 years. We need more women so we can act uncomfortable and awkward in what we consider our native surroundings.
Honey, can you compile that code? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Thank god! (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, we're geeks ... I thought uncomfortable and awkward was our native surroundings. :-P