Female Programmers
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- defunktion0
I hate programming.
I'm on a degree in Computer & Video Games. My programming lecturer is a nasty old man who throws pens at people when he is angry.
He was teaching us classes and functions in C++ today. I have no idea what a class is. I may know what a function is. Maybe.
- exador0
hey man.
welcome aboard.I've worked with a fair number of female programmers..
about 5 or 6 at this company alone..
my opinion of them is pretty high
incredible attention to detail, and all very gifted programmers.
a few were pretty senior, and the others were pretty junior...but all of them were very professional, and it was a great experience working with all of them.that said, i didn't have to teach them, and i'm on the design side of things...
however, one of my co-workers was a teacher, and one of the girls in question was one of his students..
and he said that she was pretty typical of the girls that were in the class..
there's not many..but the ones that are interested in it, are pretty damn good..thats my 2cents anyhow..
- ********0
just be supportive... and patience..
she wil love you even more for that...
dont teach her but guide her...
help her but not force her...
when she is ready to jump the bridge, be ready to catch her..
- LastOne0
thx all of you for the advice. maybe i was being a bit chauvinistic.
she has been focused on her thing for so long, it feels odd to have her moving in on mine.
- ********0
its good that she actually cares what you do and wants to learn more about it...
let her in man... will have a better relationship...
- LastOne0
thanks again dinky. drink on
- k0na_an0k0
i must work in heaven cause there are two female programmers here who are both HOT as hell! they make my pants happy.
- eloosive0
Women programmers seem to be better than men. They have more patience, thorough methodology, a woman's touch I guess. Maybe your woman isn't particularly cut out for it, but, she might be leading you to think that, who knows.
- k0na_an0k0
i like a womans touch....
go on... tell me more! MORE!
- LastOne0
she's certainly cute enough to be a designer or a programmer. hmmmmmmmmmm, now that you guys keep talking about getting your hands on a female programmer, i may not want her to get into this field at all.
- miaignet0
You should encourage her getting to know about what you do, and maybe pick up a few of her medical books while you're at it.
But neither one of you should be critical of the other (you say she doesn't 'get' html, she says you don't do it the 'right way'). Unless you secretly want to have something over on her with the programming?
Incidentally there are a relatively lot of female programmers (over 1/3) in my field (GIS), likely because programming, although intense, is learned as an aside to many other subjects. I think they come out better than they think they will (none of them thought programming was their 'thing', going into it)
- LastOne0
i think you are right.
- LastOne0
i dont mean to boast but my GF is hot. no doubt she'll be one of these HOT programmer chix. tee hee
- Markpayne0
we had a female programmer working for us once, she was hardcore good, and extremely beautiful as well, she would come in, in the morning and sit at her desk go hardcore all day with her work, then at like 5 minutes to going home time, she would spend socialising with the gang, and just have all these things to say. It was refreshing but also freaky.
- Mick0
Regardless of her gender - anyone taking up programming with no background experience or interest in analytical/programatic thinking is going to have a tough time.
Just make sure she has realistic expectations of her learning curve. If she still wants to persue - let her go for it. its her decision.
- LastOne0
my GF is beautiful and smart, but simply enough, shes not programmer material.
she wants to intern as a programmer. she'll get hit on way too much.
- LastOne0
Do any of your girlfriends program?
- miaignet0
I program, but just about enough to get by. Same with my bf.
- LastOne0
u mean just html?
thats good. you prefer design?
- miaignet0
I'm a cartographer, and it's mostly design I do, a lot of mapping tech., For programming, mostly VBA & Arc Macro Language, Avenue (yes I know html but don't need to use it much).