Re: [Discuss] strong critique of paper cited in last week's blog post
After 30+ years around software development, I can qualitatively say from my vantage point that there are differences in assumptions that individuals make when dealing with individuals of a different gender whether on GitHub, in-person, or other places. Fortunately, these differences in assumptions exist or we might be in an even more homogenous industry. I commend Greg and the Software Carpentry team on releasing the gender statistics in a blog post and opening discussion on SWC. While the papers/position points will likely polarize, they’re not the most important issue here. A key point for SWC is that the people of SWC have the ability, skills, and motivation to deliver high quality training without exclusion (either explicit or implicit). Keep up the great work! Warmly, Carol On 22 Feb 2016, at 11:34, Greg Wilson wrote: Hi, People may find http://svpow.com/2016/02/20/that-paper-that-says-women-are-better-coders-than-men-but-are-judged-on-their-gender-it-doesnt-say-that-at-all/ interesting - it's a strong critique of the preprint cited in last week's blog post at http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2016/02/checking-the-balance.html. Cheers, Greg -- Dr Greg Wilson Director of Instructor Training Software Carpentry Foundation ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org Carol Willing Research Software Engineer, Project Jupyter @ Cal Poly Director, Python Software Foundation ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
Re: [Discuss] strong critique of paper cited in last week's blog post
That preprint got pummeled all over the Internets: http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/02/12/before-you-get-too-excited-about-that-github-study/ * -- Brandon* On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Greg Wilson < gvwil...@software-carpentry.org> wrote: > Hi, > > People may find > http://svpow.com/2016/02/20/that-paper-that-says-women-are-better-coders-than-men-but-are-judged-on-their-gender-it-doesnt-say-that-at-all/ > interesting - it's a strong critique of the preprint cited in last week's > blog post at > http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2016/02/checking-the-balance.html. > > Cheers, > Greg > > -- > Dr Greg Wilson > Director of Instructor Training > Software Carpentry Foundation > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
[Discuss] strong critique of paper cited in last week's blog post
Hi, People may find http://svpow.com/2016/02/20/that-paper-that-says-women-are-better-coders-than-men-but-are-judged-on-their-gender-it-doesnt-say-that-at-all/ interesting - it's a strong critique of the preprint cited in last week's blog post at http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2016/02/checking-the-balance.html. Cheers, Greg -- Dr Greg Wilson Director of Instructor Training Software Carpentry Foundation ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
