On 12/14/2016 10:22 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > Rich, > I know that diversity is sold as self-interest and that more diverse > communities are (claimed to be, but I have not found any such reference to > studies in software, but I can grant that) creating better products. I am > not as ignorant as you may think. Take a look at ROSE[1]. "I would like a > job in Technology" shows an incredible disparity between boys and girls in > rich countries. One can ponder over that one alone for a long time... > "Working with People rather than Things" will then make you wonder some > more... > Other people are devoting research careers to this topic, and I don't think > the ASF has needed competence to do this properly. > > > [1] Relevance of Science Education (ROSE) study, Sjøberg & Schreiner 2010
I don't think you're ignorant at all. I know for a fact that you're not. Which is why I'm actually taking the time to try to understand what your perspective is on this. -- Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon
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