[offtopic] An alternate view on CS

[Vlad Dogaru]

Salut,

mai jos găsiţi un comentariu amuzant (sau poate îngrijorător) despre
starea CS. Mai mult context[1]: întrebarea era de ce sunt atât de puţine
femei în ştiinţa calculatoarelor.

Notă: nu sunt de acord cu comentariul, dar mi s-au părut grăitoare în
special elementele a doua listă :-)

[1]
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7vpvm/with_so_many_women_involved_in_programming_eniac/

Vlad


> Among the mathematical sciences, mathematics is most welcoming to
> women, physics much less so and computer science least of all.
> Relative rigor does not explain this; maybe cultural factors are at
> work? Especially among undergraduates, each field attracts people with
> really different goals.
> 
>       * Computer science is the gateway to millions of dollars and
>         your own first person shooter.
>         
>       * Physics attracts people who like jets, space, bombs, lasers
>         and math.
>         
>       * Math attracts people interested in math.
>         
> 
> In undergraduate classes, the culture of C.S. students is riddled
> with:
> 
>       * Counter Strike.
>         
>       * Thirst for success in the egostistical, winner-take-all
>         fashion of Gates and Jobs.
>         
>       * Bullying other people by knowing more about badly put together
>         legacy junk than they do.
>         
> 
> Computer science is the most anti-intellectual and studly of all the
> mathematical sciences. Merit is not enough :)
> 
> It's reasonable to see how young women might get into all this and
> decide not to stick it out. Honestly, if I had learned to program in
> the C.S. department (instead of the Physics department) I might not
> have stuck it out, either.
> 
>