From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9ef0b1ff7be6dd43 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-26 08:36:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!lnsnews.lns.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!ngpeer.news.aol.com!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Effect of Gender in Learning Ada References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:37:06 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.98.236.72 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net 1051371401 81.98.236.72 (Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:36:41 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:36:41 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36607 Date: 2003-04-26T16:37:06+01:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > Robert C. Leif wrote: > >>Is there any data on the relative grades of males vs. females in >>learning Ada or other programming languages? A real problem exists in >>the decrease in the proportion of female programmers and/or software >>engineers. > > > Decrease? I thought the number was increasing? So did I... If it is decreasing perhaps it's just stateside? Perhaps it's also due to the economy? I know alot of people who are considering non-programming and non-SE careers now, and they haven't even graduated yet. I'm certainly considering something other than Software Development (multimed, DB, . Given the evident (& regretable) gap in pay in the uk between women and men, it's concievable women are less inclined to go for SE/programming jobs or courses.