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That women face a long road to equality in so many realms of society, particularly in business and technology, is reflected in a statistic that opens up the documentary film “CodeGirl”: Fewer large companies are run by women than by men named John.

Focusing on the lack of women in technology, “CodeGirl” seeks to make a difference by offering a positive representation of entrepreneurial girls excelling in the field.bridging the tech gender gap, one app at a time (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-codegirl-movie-review-20151101-story.html)

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everything is made my male, for males, in the tech world and in video games, where our techies get the hook on computers. Girls do not like the over killing of games, but they do like Sims.

However, when you look at the Sims, they are frankly much more dull than videogames for boys. Why not make games that would sell to girls as well? or for girls? The nearest I have seen that was interesting for girls were stuff made out of Mangas. Yet not as interesting nor interactive as video games.

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I think she was 13 or 14 when she did this audition.

This is a Man's World


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPet1Ft_NUs

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Here is my experience with the gender equality issue working in computer software or IT as it is called now.

When I applied for a programming job at Fermilab control system in 1973, they had just hired their first woman programmer (being forced to by the DOE). Unfortunately, they just hired any woman, not really expecting any quality of work. I am not sure if they even read her resume. So they got what they expected. She was given a machine code job that she was not trained for, and she failed as expected. She was gone in two months. Two years later they hired a second woman the correct way and with success for all.

When I took a job as a manager at a small code shop in 1981, they were being forced (by the DOD) to hire women programmers. Some of the male programmers actively voiced that women just cannot code. Others kept their mouth shut. The women that we hired were to-notch, but definitely paid less than the men. I worked hard to approach pay equality, but it took about four years for any real success. The clean air (non-smoking) issue was just as unyielding.

Without excusing those two employers, I should say that the work required definite knowledge of physics and mathematics which put a limit on the number of women applicants.

As a contrast, my last job (in 2005) was contract work for an energy company in Houston with about 300 workers. By then, women technical workers (not all were programmers) slightly outnumbered the men and were paid nearly as much - but still not equally. No one said that they were of lessor capability - just willing to accept less pay. I was no longer in management so did not hire/fire anyone there. Women held about 20% of the lower management jobs. There were no women in middle or higher level management. I experienced that these conditions were typical in Texas at the time.

Comment: Coding is a lot easier now with the advanced languages. One doesn't even need to know how the computer internals work. Most programmers today would shudder looking at the typical assembly 'language' code of the 1970's. Shudder and run away! The code that we used for analysing data from nuclear blasts in 1978 was named WEAP - pronounced read it and weep. If it compiled and did the job, it was good. "Run fine - last long time" ;-) Anyone who began a computer software career after 1990 missed out on a lot of fun - and a lot of tears.