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The Benefits of Being a Female Software Engineer

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Re: The Benefits of Being a Female Software Engineer

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Post by josegonzalez »

tastybites wrote: post #2

They generally remember to shower every so often Oh, come on.

Actually, this is both true and false. I have a friend who I know for a fact showers every day, and yet I wouldn't want to sit next to him while working. So while one might remember to shower, that does not guarantee that the impression will last.

On the flip side of the coin, this also reminds me that I should probably shower.

Re: The Benefits of Being a Female Software Engineer

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Post by ajays »

She doesn't mention it, but another great thing about being an engineer is that engineers are quite egalitarian and the evaluation criteria is often very objective (speed of the code, complexity of the algorithm, etc.). As a result, women just have to be good at what they do, and there's hardly any discrimination. In other fields, often, for a woman to just be good is not enough; there is overt (or covert) discrimination, "old boys" networks, etc.

// male here, but with several female engineer friends

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Post by andrewvc »

ajays wrote: post #5

She doesn't mention it, but another great thing about being an engineer is that engineers are quite egalitarian and the evaluation criteria is often very objective (speed of the code, complexity of the algorithm, etc.). As a result, women just have to be good at what they do, and there's hardly any discrimination. In other fields, often, for a woman to just be good is not enough; there is overt (or covert) discrimina…

Maybe. I've met a damn large number of openly sexist engineers though, so I'm not sure how true it is.

Re: The Benefits of Being a Female Software Engineer

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Post by 1337p337 »

tastybites wrote: post #2

They generally remember to shower every so often Oh, come on.

Most of them do tend to be cleaner.

But anyone remember the report a couple of decades back about water usage after the US Navy started letting women on ships? Having ladies around made the guys shower more often. Empirically, I can verify that, since getting married, I do tend to shave more often.

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