>>>>> "Clinton" == Clinton A Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Clinton> Oddly enough, though, the last few webfactory projects I
Clinton> worked on at Ford had an overwhemlimg majority of female Perl
Clinton> programmers. 6/2, 7/1 and 5/2 females to males.[1] Most of
Clinton> the people we're training came out of and went back into
Clinton> these webfactory pools, and I'm at a loss to explain the
Clinton> discrepancy. Maybe the females are self-taught? Maybe our
Clinton> hiring manager discriminates? I don't really know.
I've noticed that if it's traditional CS, males far outnumber females,
but if it's web-related stuff (including ecommerce), the numbers get
much more even. Why so?
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