Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming(wasgames for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread jenn
"Deidre L. Calarco" wrote: > > I was thinking in terms of a structural design > plug-in for a CAD program. But, yeah, it's probably way out of reach. It's > pretty much just a fantasy at this point - not a realistic thing to actually > try. So start it. Fiddle with the design, fiddle with wh

Re: [issues] Re: games for girls

1999-10-07 Thread Walt
At 09:56 PM 10/7/99 +0100, Rachel wrote: > >No, he probably means it. In my experience it's generally (not *always*) >the case that women have better heads for software design. Our work >tends to be "cleaner", more structured, more thoughtful, whereas male >programming tends to be more haphazard a

Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (was games for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread jenn
Rachel Greenham wrote: > > Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > > For me, though, the issue wasn't creativity, it was a need to do > > something that "mattered" more than twiddling bits on a computer. > > Sometimes I just wonder if I need more > interesting programming work to do. I haven't had a project

Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (wasgames for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Deidre L. Calarco
> "Deidre L. Calarco" wrote: > >> But you're right - I should start programming again. The thing is, what I >> really want to learn is Mac programming. I want to write programs that >> involve graphics & 3-D modeling. > > Oh, nothing hard then. :-) > > Seriously, I couldn't... I think the harde

RE: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (was games for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Clare Smith
I coded on and off for 10 years before deciding I was better at analyst/project management stuff. I missed people. I still programm, but it's for me not for them. I also teach part-time. It's a great creative outlet and you get to help others 'get the hang of it'. -Original Message- From

Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (was games for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Rachel Greenham
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 09:01:09 +0800, "Deidre L. Calarco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >It wasn't the reason I decided not to go into programming, but it may > >be part of the reason I stopped dabbling in it. I changed my major > >from computer science to architectur

Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (wasgames for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Blackjax
>"Deidre L. Calarco" wrote: > > But you're right - I should start programming again. The thing is, what I > really want to learn is Mac programming. I want to write programs that > involve graphics & 3-D modeling. Why Mac? It seems to me that if this was the kind of thing you wanted to do, th

Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (wasgames for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Rachel Greenham
"Deidre L. Calarco" wrote: > But you're right - I should start programming again. The thing is, what I > really want to learn is Mac programming. I want to write programs that > involve graphics & 3-D modeling. Oh, nothing hard then. :-) Seriously, I couldn't... I think the harder skill there

Re: [issues] Re: games for girls

1999-10-07 Thread Rachel Greenham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dancer's a much better implementer than I think I could be. But I'm the better > designer! Even with me rusty and him experienced! > (Unless he says it to keep my ego up) No, he probably means it. In my experience it's generally (not *always*) the case that women have

Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (was games for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 09:01:09 +0800, "Deidre L. Calarco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >It wasn't the reason I decided not to go into programming, but it may >be part of the reason I stopped dabbling in it. I changed my major >from computer science to architecture junior year because I was sick >of p

Re: Engineers and their wives Re: [issues] Re: games for girls

1999-10-07 Thread Blackjax
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 10:01 PM Subject: Re: Engineers and their wives Re: [issues] Re: games for girls >Blackjax wrote: >> >> It is not really >> a male vs. female thing,

Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (was games for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Deidre L. Calarco
> It's a bad reason to give up programming. It wasn't the reason I decided not to go into programming, but it may be part of the reason I stopped dabbling in it. I changed my major from computer science to architecture junior year because I was sick of pulling all-nighters in the computer center