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 (was games for girls)

1999-10-07 Thread Clare Smith
Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rachel Greenham Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 3:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming (was games for girls) Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > > On Thu,

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 (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: [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

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

1999-10-06 Thread Rachel Greenham
"Deidre L. Calarco" wrote: > BTW, I've been with the same guy for eight years (we're not married, but we > own a house together). He's even more technically oriented than I am. I > think he would have a lot trouble relating to a woman who wasn't into > computers, although he does have many othe