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high school
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:30 am
by phpScott
A few years ago I was doing some subsitute teaching at a high school in Canada teaching programming to grades 9 to 11's and there where a couple of really great programmers in there, 2 boys, 2 girls. One girl at the age of 14 had her own programming business with 4 resonable clients. She was a perl user and learning php but she could program for loops around most of the the older 'experienced' programmers that I knew.
I'm with jason, hire on talent and experience.
Currently working in a all male office it would be nice to have some of that femine touch and different view on things.
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:42 pm
by Calimero
For female web-programers - not seen any in my life (if synapses in my brain still work) but talked to few over chat in my country - but those are mostly web-designers and HTML coders.
Other female's I encountered are in system administration, servers etc... but guess what - no networks ?!?!?
Do they look for some peacefull private place to work ?
Realy don't know and as Jason said - numerous theories can be from anyone who has access to the internet

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:47 am
by Jade
Hmm, i guess i'm kind of a mix of both. Yeah yeah, i'm female also. I've been programing since i was about 15. Right now I own my own programming/web design business and I have to say I'm strongly for putting more women programmers out into the work force. I'd say most of my clients come to me for programming but its also what i prefer to do over design -- although a little of both can break up the tedium of sitting in front of a piece of code thats driving you insance.
As for hobbies, I have lots of them. Reading, writing, drawing, playing the violin, horse back riding, swimming.... gah the list goes on.
As far as the limited field of female programs goes... i say good for us women that have the guts to take on a field this challenging. It also means more men for us....yum.
Jade
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:48 am
by feyd
Jade wrote:It also means more men for us....yum.
*grumble grumble*

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:55 am
by Draco_03
It also means more men fo us....yum
Oh yeah,
Nice programmers like these

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:56 am
by feyd

that gets my vote for awesomely bad photo. Yikes.
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:58 am
by patrikG
I'm better looking than that.
...but then again: so is probably 90% of the population.
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:59 am
by Draco_03
patrikG wrote:...but then again: so is probably 90% of the population.
hehehe soooo true.. what would YOU DO if you liked like that..
wait i got it
eXtrem ( i'm using the
right word here) makeover
Hey didn't we have some "what you look like" post somewhere
more people could post mor ephotos.. i'm trying to find one of me somewhere....
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:03 am
by feyd
Couple year old picture of me.. no new ones that I have around here...
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:17 am
by Draco_03
Found one youhou (thing you can found at work

)
I'm obviously the dude in this picture...

with my mom and my sis...
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:23 pm
by twigletmac
Sometimes it's irritating being the only girl in an office full of blokes - they never notice when I've had my hair done, hmph.
Mac
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:26 pm
by feyd
odd.. I seemed to always notice when the ladies around the office (when I was in one) did.. Although I've noticed I'm a bit more observant than most people around where I've worked..

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:29 pm
by twigletmac
Nope my lot are just rude and horrid and unobservant

, of course if my boss finds and reads this I'd just like to point out what a wonderful manager you are (just covering my bases can't be too careful on the interweb).
Mac
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:44 pm
by Draco_03
my girlfriend has her hair colored and i didn't notice..
she gave me a few minute to say something, but I didn't..
I didn't quite remmeber what happen, when i woke up i was in a hospital and I couldn't feel my legs
That's to tell you how NOT observant I can be.. AND how a women can react, if you do not notice her "improved" looking blank
fill blank with whatever you like, hair, clothes, manicure, pedicure, name it.
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:46 pm
by twigletmac
Damn right

- girl psyche == have hair done, boys don't notice, must be ugly, go eat chocolate (or maybe that's just me

)
Mac