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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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6. The one I knew/know personally

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Wed Jan 14, 2015, 12:34 PM

Jan 2015

got out, got a great job at Lexis/Nexis as a database person, worked happily there for a half dozen or so years, got laid off, and hasn't found re-employment in the last half dozen years or so since. She does artwork and some freelance web design from home now. I was working as a programmer/coder at a different, much smaller company at the time, and lost my own job around the same time, and likewise never made it back into the industry. The 'dot com' crash (and the Bush depression) took a lot of us down, of both genders.

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What Happened to All of the Women in Computer Science? [View all] Starry Messenger Jan 2015 OP

Is web design computer science? bravenak Jan 2015 #1

That's a hell of a good point about categorizing. Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #2

I'm starting to see the problem. bravenak Jan 2015 #3

I fell for that 'girls aren't good at math' crap for way too long! CrispyQ Jan 2015 #5

I did the same thing. bravenak Jan 2015 #8

+1 Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #7

In Design. I might check that out. bravenak Jan 2015 #10

You don't actually need much math. jeff47 Jan 2015 #9

So, with only algebra, I could learn the Python language? bravenak Jan 2015 #13

Yes. It's unlikely you'd use anything more complicated than division. jeff47 Jan 2015 #14

Thank you, that is awesome. bravenak Jan 2015 #15

Most web designers write code and thus some computer science background is helpful. Gormy Cuss Jan 2015 #16

That makes sense. bravenak Jan 2015 #17

It's been several years, but here on DU someone posted an ad for computers for kids. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #4

There was a cartoon recently about gender and LEGOS. Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #11

The one I knew/know personally Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2015 #6

I totally realize that too. Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #18

Bye. Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #19

You didn't even read the article, did you? yardwork Jan 2015 #20

You kiss your mother with that mouth? ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #21