On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Jason Dagit
For some reason it started out as a male dominated field. Let's assume for cultural reasons. Once it became a male dominated field, us males unknowingly made the work and learning environments somewhat hostile or unattractive to women. I bet I would feel out of place if I were the only male in a class of 100 women.
Is this really true? I've heard rumors that in the early days of programming, that women were in the majority, or at least they represented a much greater proportion of programmers than they do now. I seem to recall that this started to change sometime in the 60s. Of course, I can't recall when or where I heard these stories, and I'm not sure that my source was reliable, so I might be completely off on this count. Best, Leon