Programming is sexy
6 14 Jul 2015 04:30 by u/some_girl
Is it strange that I think coding is the sexiest thing? I mean, I go to livecoding.tv just to watch people code because I think it's so hot and the only people I know irl who are decent at it are my professors (there are only girl csers at my uni). I wish I knew more male programmers. I have no one interesting to talk to when I get stuck! I have to rely on stackexchange and it's not the most fun thing to do. Sometimes people get mad when you post too much code, and then you post less and it's even worse...but anyway, the point of this rant? I don't know. I just wanted to let you guys know that I love you for being you and coding your life away. If I could meet you, I'd shake your hand and ask you if I could watch you work. I'm a weirdo.
But if anyone wants to be my coding companion, then hey, come talk to me.
The end.
34 comments
19 u/trytohurtme 14 Jul 2015 07:15
Ah yes, the elusive male programmers, definitely lacking.
2 u/some_girl [OP] 14 Jul 2015 07:51
haha I mean in my life they are. Severely :/ My school used to be an all girls school so there aren't many guys there, and that's really the only place I've been exposed to programmers.
0 u/asdghjklfghasldk 15 Jul 2015 03:49
Sometimes belonging to the same set as http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=71F_f15FXnk
5 u/runvnc 14 Jul 2015 07:52
This has got to be some kind of scam.
0 u/some_girl [OP] 14 Jul 2015 08:18
No, it's just me being honest and writing exactly what comes to my mind. What makes you think it's a scam?
0 u/some_girl [OP] 14 Jul 2015 08:19
im just a weirdo.
2 u/codioBunny 14 Jul 2015 17:44
I'm drowning in a sausage fest of male programmers over here, the problem is just finding one that's GOOD. God, some of the code some of these dudes write. Scrubs, all of them.
0 u/some_girl [OP] 14 Jul 2015 21:08
You know I'm not even sure if my stuff would be considered good. I mean I try and find the best way possible to solve a problem, I do a lot of planning, even write out pseudocode on paper before actually programming if I work on something serious. My prof's say I go beyond their expectations, but that's not really the same as saying your a good programmer or have the potential to be. So I hope I don't ever find out I'm part of that group, and if I am I want to get out of it asap.
2 u/codioBunny 15 Jul 2015 03:18
You plan your code, you're better than 90% of other CS students out there. Stop worrying :)
2 u/AStoney 15 Jul 2015 05:02
I like to think that questioning your own coding skill is a big part of not being in that group. Sure you are going to make mistakes, but you are far more likely to refactor and fix a potential mess if you are self conscious about your code. The ones that say "Who cares?" or "No one will ever look at it" are the ones you want to avoid.
1 u/Cuddlefluff 14 Jul 2015 11:56
I've been a programmer professionally for about a decade now, and I've never personally met a female programmer, ever. I don't know why the field seems to be so generally unattractive to women, since it's just general problem solving and stuff that I'd suspect women would excel at, maybe even more-so than men. All it takes is a little bit of passion and a slight obsessive personality.
0 u/moses_blimey 14 Jul 2015 16:22
It isn't, you just happen to be in circles where there are no female coders.
0 u/pool_guy 14 Jul 2015 16:30
My workplace has hired ~10 talented female developers in the past year. They are doing great work!
1 u/FFX01 14 Jul 2015 19:33
I think it has a lot to do with the fact that up until about 5 years ago programming was seen as a "male hobby". There was a neckbeard type stigma attached to it for a long time. That stigma is starting to fade and women are getting more interested in computers, so I feel like we'll start to see a lot more female programmers in the future.
1 u/some_girl [OP] 14 Jul 2015 21:03
All I know are women programmers. But really all I know is one woman programmer besides myself so it's still not very many. And both of us are fairly new to it (less than 3 years) and only stumbled into it becausse of our uni's math requirements. If comp sci was a requirement for every college student, like algebra is, then I bet more women would get into programming.
I have a question for you tho, would you say it's more difficult for a woman to get a decent job as a programmer? Or is it about the same, or even easier? You may not even know, I just thought I'd ask.
0 u/rdnetto 15 Jul 2015 17:31
Probably easier. Of female programmers I know, the distribution of their skills was basically the same as that of the male programmers I knew, so most of them could easily compete for the same jobs. Diversity is a buzzword now though, so there are lots of gender-specific opportunities out there for scholarships, internships, etc. They aren't jobs per se, but they definitely help you to get a foot in the door.
0 u/asdghjklfghasldk 15 Jul 2015 03:57
The place i work at is a 50/50 split right now,and as a guy its not that bad of an environment.
That said what we do is just outside of coding (more simulations and control systems) so maybe that helps keep it a more even split
0 u/FoolyCooly 15 Jul 2015 08:55
Yeah
0 u/some_girl [OP] 15 Jul 2015 09:52
well then im a strange person