I know, at most, a dozen female programmers.
- aevil - StLouis.pm, runs history.perl.org
- boojum - also StLouis.pm (unless she moved)
- Jessica - co-worker, uses Perl because she had to get some things done, and she didn't want to do it by hand
- Erica - friend (met through NY.pm), learning Perl
- Skud - works on e-smith, aussie
- Penth - NY.pm'er
- Guinevere - NY.pm'er
- Kristin - my girlfriend -- well, she programmed until the end of her first semester of college, then decided she didn't want to anymore (now she takes Medieval Studies!)
And then there are the females who frequent this site -- I don't know terribly many of them ( kudra, for one).
Why is it so few? Programming has a rather un-glamorous aura around it; we hear too often of computer geeks with glasses and pocket protectors and no social life who sit in front of three terminals, who engage in mindless trivial holy wars about which editor to use and which flavor of Unix/Linux/etc. is best.
(It's not entirely untrue.)
We get a bad rap. But those of us that are predisposed, or ignore the rap, get to love the art. (Ooh, how silly, a programmer calling it "art"? Get a life!)
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