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by vdaniuk 4109 days ago
Disclaimer: I'm all for bringing as many women as possible on board the tech industry ship for their fun and profit. I fully support improving job conditions of anyone in tech industry who may be treated unfairly and empowering groups that are currently at disadvantage.

But.

>one day there will be one female engineer for every male engineer >We're still so far from this dream...

There are billions of women who live on less than $5 per day. There are hundreds of thousands, even millions of curious, intlelligent, inquisitve girls who won't have even a miniscule chance to become a modern Ada Lovelace because of poverty, abuse, preventable illnesses, lack of education, early pregnancies and exploitation. But somehow I am not seeing nearly as many posts and comments full with righteous indignation about that on HN.

I wish there would be a community dedicated to programming, tech entrepreneurship and social good for like-minded people from developing countries. No first world problems allowed.