On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:39:44 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Mark Regan wrote:
>> I saw this URL posted to one of our internal blogs:
>> https://kateheddleston.com/blog/how-our-engineering-environments-are-killing-diversity-introduction
>> Thanks,
>>
Which mentions possible roots of gender bias in the historic Silicon Valley
culture.
... and links to:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/female-engineers_n_5668504.html
I wonder how much professional gender bias is acquired by osmosis from
areas which seem to have an intrinsic gender bias such as:
o Astrology
o Sensitivity to conventions of attire.
And, mentioned in one of these fora ca. 2014-09:
http://www.randalolson.com/2014/06/14/percentage-of-bachelors-degrees-conferred-to-women-by-major-1970-2012/
>>
And in other engineering fields, the effect may have been diluted in the
previous century by Rosie the Riveter's rising through the ranks.
> ... E.g. TSO is a resource hog, so let's write all our
>programs on Windows, then submit the jobs to z/OS using ftp, then get
>the output back via ftp and look at it on Windows. No, I've never
>heard of anybody doing this. ...
>
I write (nearly) all my programs on Solaris or OS X, then submit the jobs
to z/OS using ftp, then view the output with SDSF. No resource pressure;
merely, "Mr. Natural sez, 'Use the right tool for the job.'"
-- gil
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