Male professionals test each-other in any trade, as do sports stars, bulls, etc. and that may have something to do with a higher testosterone level... nah scratch that, I forgot it's politically incorrect and sexist to suggest men and women may be different. :)
On Dec 9, 5:01 pm, Scott Melton <scott.melto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I find it hard to believe that women would hide behind a > > male name. > > Maybe they do not want to be verbally abused, as unlikely as that > would > happen. I've been reading this forum for a while now. Many of you > would jump > out in front of a moving train to pop another guy for misstating > something. > I don't think any of you would do that to a woman. At least, not with > the same, > uh, enthusiasm? > > If you are like the CS "professionals" I have worked with in Colorado > and Texas, > (for 20 years) every last one of you would fall all over yourself > being polite and > encouraging to a woman. That is what boys do. > > If I were a woman, hhmmm maybe I am... no, if I were a woman I'd be > proud of that in this profession and want every guy to know it. > > Especially if I were hot. > > On Dec 9, 5:04 am, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Diane. Even expanding beyond this group, it's hard to come up a list > > of public female coders. Within the Java space, Jeanette (kleopatra) > > from Swinglabs comes to mind. Beyond the Java space it doesn't get > > much easier. I find it hard to believe that women would hide behind a > > male name. > > > On Dec 9, 11:45 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" <vjosulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Dec 9, 10:26 am, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> > > > wrote: > > > > > About the topic of this thread... unless I'm misreading some foreign > > > > names, it seems there are no women in this mailing list... right? > > > > There is one, whose name escapes me at the moment. And, of course, > > > there's no way of knowing if any of the posters' names are real. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.