| > if we want more women in programming, then let's talk about how cool it is to build stuff I really agree with this. Girls just don't seem to be interested in programming when they are young. Then they go to university, and largely avoid CS because a) they haven't developed any prior interest in it and b) it is perceived as a difficult and male-dominated field. The ones who do enrol in a CS course often struggle because it's their first foray into programming and they aren't familiar with any of the concepts, unlike many of their male peers who have done it before and cruise through all the 100 level courses If we want to see more women in CS, get them interested at a younger age and suddenly CS will seem more appealing and they will find it just as easy as the other experienced students. We need to show girls that programming is a good outlet for their creativity and foster their interest at a younger age |