I born in a small provincial town in a poor third world country.
There was literally no social support of doing programming because vast majority of people had absolutely no idea what it is (in 90s).
I was doing programming completely alone!
To start coding you need: open a book, download compiler/interpreter, write a code snippet from the book, run the code.
To start competing in algorithm competitions: register by entering your email, read a problem statement, write a program, submit your program.
To start contributing to open source: download software, hack it, send a patch to a mailing list.
That's it, no social interactions involved. Yet I still don't see much of women among programming hobbyists.
I have no idea why women are not interested in CS. They just don't.
To any female feminist I prepared an answer - open a text editor, write a code, run it, repeat.
And please, don't talk about discrimination, I was rejected many times based on my lack of degree, lack of experience (when I just started), on my citizenship (when I started looking for a job abroad), on my bad Engish and many other reasons I don't know. And still, I managed to find a job in 4 countries with completely different cultures (UZ, RU, SE, NL).
P.S. I have different background and born in mixed family. You can't just fit me into your typical western political classes - left, right.
You seem to be an example of "This is not the diversity we're looking for."
The age issue being another important point. How many over-50s does Lever employ - of either gender?
To me, this looks like neoliberal boardroom feminism.
It's important to have the appearance of equality -
1. In certain selected job markets only.
2. As long as class-of-origin privileges are never challenged or questioned.
3. As long as the culture remains reassuringly homogenised, so there's no genuinely challenging diversity of cultural thought or opinion.
In younger startups it also seems to be very important that everyone appears to be having extrovert fun while all this is going on. (What about neurodiversity? Are introverts or Aspies not welcome?)
So when Lever says "poor cultural fit" isn't used as a reason for not hiring someone, the reasonable response is to raise an eyebrow and look rather unconvinced. The reality is more likely to be a different flavour of corporate conformity.
Which is fine if that's what you want. But it's also fine not to want it, just as it's fine not to accept unquestioningly that it's absolutely the best possible kind of culture for everyone.
I born in a small provincial town in a poor third world country. There was literally no social support of doing programming because vast majority of people had absolutely no idea what it is (in 90s). I was doing programming completely alone!
To start coding you need: open a book, download compiler/interpreter, write a code snippet from the book, run the code.
To start competing in algorithm competitions: register by entering your email, read a problem statement, write a program, submit your program.
To start contributing to open source: download software, hack it, send a patch to a mailing list.
That's it, no social interactions involved. Yet I still don't see much of women among programming hobbyists.
I have no idea why women are not interested in CS. They just don't.
To any female feminist I prepared an answer - open a text editor, write a code, run it, repeat.
And please, don't talk about discrimination, I was rejected many times based on my lack of degree, lack of experience (when I just started), on my citizenship (when I started looking for a job abroad), on my bad Engish and many other reasons I don't know. And still, I managed to find a job in 4 countries with completely different cultures (UZ, RU, SE, NL).
P.S. I have different background and born in mixed family. You can't just fit me into your typical western political classes - left, right.