Re: [ljc] Girl/women/lady programmers
| From: | user 1. |
| Sent on: | Friday, November 18, 2011, 3:02 PM |
> If there is a gap in salaries and promotions between males and > females, it is discrimination only if the females programmers of today > are, on average, just as talented and skilled as the male programmers > of today. I am not sure that is the case, unfortunately. :/ Do you > have any reasons to think it is? Yes, many. Based on 30 years as a programmer and manager of both male and female developers. In fact, if I am forced to generalise I would say that the women are usually better - not because being male or female makes any difference - because the few that get there at the moment are highly motivated. > Because if it is not the case, it is not unreasonable to expect that > male programmers earn, on average, more than female programmers. > > Cheers, > Bruno Medeiros >
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