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From: sts@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stanley T Shebs)
Newsgroups: net.social,net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: Is Computing Gender Specific?
Message-ID: <495@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Sep-83 21:29:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.495
Posted: Mon Sep  5 21:29:27 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 6-Sep-83 17:25:13 EDT
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I think it's a darn shame there aren't more female hackers (someone to
understand us....).  Perhaps many women just get into computers as an
ordinary job, so of course they couldn't possibly become hackers.
Hate to sound religious, but it's sort of like a "call" - I don't know
*any* hackers that don't have programming at the center of their lives
(now come on, folks, be honest with yourselves).  Perhaps women are too
smart to get sucked in (nahhh).  Some women I know have enough trouble
just getting accepted by mgmt and sometimes colleagues, that they get
real serious about the whole thing.  Hackers cannot take themselves or
their work seriously; otherwise, that nth bug would drive them up the
wall and into the loony bin (bit bucket?).  I hope that as women become
more relaxed and comfortable with themselves and their profession,
they can stop trying to be "professional" (Real Hackers don't act
professional) and uptight (Real Hackers laugh hardest at the worst bugs).

					stan the l.h.
					ssc-vax!sts (actually utah-cs!shebs)