Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> Frankly, I think one of the reasons that so many women aren't coders in
> open source is that it IS intimidating. People with people skills learn
> that there's a lot of grey areas in dealing with people. Unfortunately,
> computers always do exactly what you tell them to and it's often not what
> you expect. In essence, programming takes a strong ego because you are
> being told that you did it wrong all the time. The thing I sometimes have
> to remember when I'm feeling frustrated is that it's not the same as a
> PERSON telling me I've done something wrong. It doesn't hurt the
> computer's feelings and I don't have to apologize. :)
Oddly enough, that's precisely why programming doesn't intimidate me, and
people DO.
Computers are easy because: I can't hurt a computer's feelings, and they
tell me - quite unemotionally - when I've done something wrong.
People are hard because: I can hurt people's feelings, and I almost never
find out whether I've done something wrong, and I NEVER find out what it
is or how to fix it.
IMO: people take a strong ego. People frighten me.
Jenn V.
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for no reason other than the pleasure of their company. Why?
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