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Good !tzag everyone. It's a retro mug kind of morning, I think. #mugshots #tzag https://loadaverage.org/attachment/3834033
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Saw a headline on a kids' newspaper yesterday claiming two-thirds of youngsters wish social media had never been invented, in among all the bullying and fake news.
Meanwhile RTs and hash tags swirled around. It struck me that the "convenience" of technology is at direct odds with the "inconvenience" of a) modern life generally, and b) hard social problems specifically.
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OK, so I have a vague theory I want to test, that the term "web developer" (whatever the tech stack) implies a male role - not because of skillsets, but because of some loose tribal/cultural/stereotypical implication.
I'm (purely) guessing that women who are interested in programming call it something other than "being a developer" (because not even developers say their job is actually "developing"). Maybe being a programmer?
(ie. does "web developer" as a job title put women off the job?)
I figure I'll approach a few people (female and male) I know about the idea, but also would love some considered discussion via the internet (haha, wishful thinking?).
Any female programmers out there that work with web technologies that can give *any* perspective on this? And anyone else that has had real-world experience with the topic? Or am I just going mad and overthinking it?
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