Funny thing about the ratio, it holds true for developers at my job as well... :)
Poll: Male or female?
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#102I voted both male and female.
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#103Female here, just voted. I just wanted to say I love Hacker News. I'm an introvert and a nerd before I am a female, so I am of course drawn to Hacker News because it's a great place to find other over-sensitive folks who take themselves, their questions, and other peoples' questions very seriously. As others point out again and again, the quality of discourse here is just really high. Secondarily, but still present,…
> I do wince and get bummed out whenever I read certain comments here (...)
Would you care to elaborate?
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I do. People often ask about the number of female founders we fund. It would be interesting to know whether it's low because of something about startups, or just a reflection of the larger pool from which they're drawn.
Out of interest, how many female founders applied in the last round? That seems like far more useful+reliable data than this poll. >> "People often ask about the number of female founders we fund." Do they ask how many black people get funding? How many Christians? How many blind people? Asking such questions seems a bit irrelevant at best, and accusatory at worst to me.
Actually, when a magazine interviewer asked Jessica about the percent of women among ycombinator-funded founders, I was very interested in her answer. Not because I suspected YC of bias - I didn't - but rather because I thought this percent would say something about the risks and rewards of small technical startups as perceived by women. Being a technical woman working on a startup idea, this information seemed useful to me: a possible glimpse into my personal future.
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I think you underestimate at least the top end of that age range. I am quite certain that a number of folks on HN are well above the age of 35. PG is in his 40's, and I'm sure he's not the only one here in that category (and I wouldn't be surprised to find hackers older than that here -- perhaps much older).
Now THAT would be an interesting poll 20-30 30-40 40-50 50>
It's been done. A little over 8% of respondents were 40 or over.
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Attentiveness to fashion is a cultural difference, not a gender difference. "Celebrating" the gender gap in engineering is a very bad idea.
>> "Attentiveness to fashion is a cultural difference, not a gender difference." In my experience, and on average, to boys, what they wear doesn't matter one bit. It's irrelevant. Girls like nice colors etc from the earliest ages - before any culture can play any part. There are more gay men in the fashion industry than straight men. Do you think that's also a 'cultural difference' rather than something biological? I…
>> Girls like nice colors etc from the earliest ages - before any culture can play any part.
Are you basing that on research or personal experience? From what I gather we like to give babies that are female different stuff than males, so pretty much right of the away babies are being influenced culturally. Or has there been a controlled test done that I'm unaware of?
>> Is being gay a 'cultural difference'?
Is it with any certainty possible to answer that question, as far as I know, we have no idea. Or have I missed something?
I'm sorry if it seems like I'm nitpicking, I'm genuinely curious.