Cat wrote:
>
> I said this would be long! I felt I had to speak up, because we talk and
> talk about encouraging women into CS, but so often along with that the
> only discussion is of the problems associated with it. We rarely talk
> about the good things that have happened to us, the things that *would*
> make women think CS might be a good place for them. So, share!
And that letter of yours really REALLY is encouraging to those of us who
are too old to have had 'an Apple IIe when we were really young'. :)
Thank you - thank you VERY much - for sharing that. It really makes it feel
like we're getting somewhere. Like my niece will be welcome in Comp Sci if
that's what she wants to do. (She's 3 now, a touch early to know!)
Jenn V.
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"We're repairing the coolant loop of a nuclear fusion reactor.
This is women's work!"
Helix, Freefall. http://www.purrsia.com/freefall/
Jenn Vesperman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simegen.com/~jenn
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