Astra Taylor writes: ``Those women who do fight their way into the industry often end up leaving -- their attrition rate is 56%, or double that of men -- and sexism is a big part of what pushes them out. “I no longer touch code because I couldn't deal with the constant dismissing and undermining of even my most basic work by the ‘brogramming’ gulag I worked for,” wrote one woman in a roundup of answers to the question: Why there are so few female engineers?''
Women form cliques too. I'm all for prohibiting all of this (coalition formation and politics) from the work place, but that's not likely to happen. Make it as taboo as sexual harassment. Some people believe that this is all part of what gives a team good morale and communication. I think that's nonsense. A good team is made of people that are engaged in the technical work, and not each other. My experience is that, in the world of software engineering, women are often easier to work with then men. Often they have better listening skills and better impulse control -- and so there is less of the Not Invented Here syndrome which plagues so many projects. But only so many `family oriented' people will work 12-16 hour days. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
