Female Programmers

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Jun 22 2014, 11:25 am
So, I'm going to use E.T. as a startoff.

EmpirezTeam wrote:
Call me crazy but for some reason I always imagined that if I made it to 4th base with a programmer chick, she'd randomly blurt out programming terms, like "object oriented" or "compile" instead of my name during intercourse.

So this means she'll also say stuff like, "I don't want us to just be variables anymore. Let's become a proc and return variables in the end."

Any other things she might say?

DISCLAIMER: This topic is stupid
Jun 22 2014, 11:30 am
"Does this Xirre guy say he's a programmer? The hell is this mess then ... ?" *points at code*
Jun 22 2014, 11:31 am
My only question is where did the 4th base come from I thought it was holding hands kissing then sex. WTF is inbetween
Jun 22 2014, 11:34 am
In response to Stephen001
Stephen001 wrote:
"Does this Xirre guy say he's a programmer? The hell is this mess then ... ?" *points at code*

Awww Stephen, firing shots already?
Jun 22 2014, 11:41 am
Well I figured if we were going to have a female programmer topic, we might as well have a realistic one, as opposed to a sexualised fantasy one. :P
Jun 22 2014, 11:54 am
In response to Chumble93
Chumble93 wrote:
My only question is where did the 4th base come from I thought it was holding hands kissing then sex. WTF is inbetween

Nothing. 4th base is when you two hold hands while playing LAN.
Jun 22 2014, 12:29 pm
In response to Lugia319
Lugia319 wrote:
Chumble93 wrote:
My only question is where did the 4th base come from I thought it was holding hands kissing then sex. WTF is inbetween

Nothing. 4th base is when you two hold hands while playing LAN.

Exactly.
Jun 22 2014, 12:29 pm
In response to Lige
Lige wrote:
Stephen001 wrote:
"Does this Xirre guy say he's a programmer? The hell is this mess then ... ?" *points at code*

Awww Stephen, firing shots already?

I still dodged his bullets though. Lol.
Jun 22 2014, 12:32 pm
True love between programmers is sharing code preferences.
Jun 22 2014, 12:34 pm
 
if(stimulation >= climax)
    intercourse()
Jun 22 2014, 12:42 pm
What are you all talking about? Female programmers? They're full of run-time errors. Besides, according to the compiler females are always right.
Jun 22 2014, 12:46 pm
Genius.. Just pure genius.
Jun 22 2014, 1:09 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_metaphors_for_sex

just a link for those saying there are only 3 bases.

then again you guys dont get nearly as much women as i do so that would explain why you wouldn't have known the correct number of bases.

but do not fret, my brothers. one day you shall learn, and once you learn, you shall know.
Jun 22 2014, 1:10 pm
I can get a little touchy on this subject, as the terribly low numbers of women in software development is a pretty big issue for my beloved industry.

It kind of has the female gamer problem, where sex is weirdly held against them or factored in way above their ... you know, actual abilities. Kinda like this topic. :P It's weird, I dunno why (aside from the prevailing stereotype that male programmers don't get social interaction) this always happens.

I'll ask around actually, see if I can get some lady programmers to join in on the topic, maybe that'll help some.
Jun 22 2014, 1:53 pm
at the hospital i worked at, our software engineers or whatever had 5 girls working there, and like 7 guys. that was just one of the floors, maybe the chicks were rarer on other floors but i talked with 3 of them and they seemed pretty chillax, and came off as more social than the "people with lives".

there was one cute one but she didn't do programming, she was like, a liason or whatever. basically it was her job to ask the people they were writing software for what they wanted, and then she'd relay that info to the programmer dudes ( and dudettes ) and thats how they knew what and how they needed to do stuff
Jun 22 2014, 1:56 pm
Female programmers are male programmers inside female bodies.
Jun 22 2014, 2:00 pm
In response to Wissam
Wissam wrote:
Female programmers are male programmers inside female bodies.

Except they're magical, like Unicorns.
Jun 22 2014, 2:05 pm
http://programmerryangosling.tumblr.com/ This is what the ladies really want to hear, man. You're welcome. B)

When I think about the kinds of things I say (as a woman in computer science) to my boyfriend (in networking, not software), I think of things like...
  • Jokes about bad video games
  • Pictures of cute animals
  • My complaining about poor documentation/inefficient loops
  • His complaining about poor network setup/maintenance
But, honestly, today, we were talking about women in computer science fields! (Last week was "programmer pick-up lines." You guys missed out. We agree that the best one is that Unix command sequence? A little PG13, so you can look that up yourself.)

And here, a little something if you want the "my gf is a programmer" experience:
BLU: http://gmc.yoyogames.com/ index.php?showtopic=555110#entry4097050 oh my goodness, the StrToSprite thing they wrote makes me so mad
BLU: repeat the loop 10000?! what if you only have 10 sprites? you DOPE
GUY: wat
GUY: why
GUY: /why/
BLU: because game maker removed functionality where you could pass a string and execute it as code
BLU: so they made that up as a method of finding a sprite from its name
BLU: I would have it count the number of sprites in the game once - when the game is launched - and then have it refer to that variable when attempting to get a sprite by its name
BLU: OR
BLU: use constants
BLU: where the name of the sprite in caps = the ID number of the sprite
GUY: gross
BLU: yeah, but when you can't refer to a few lines of scripting as a string, you have to do what you can

I'm sure most of you can relate to my complaints. That's what it's like to be a programmer, right?

Being a female programmer is a little different, but not on the "writing code" end. Here's my and my boyfriend's discussion on the topic. Maybe it will shed a little light on the realities of being a woman who programs for you guys! c:
BLU: I love the post about google's initiative to encourage girls to join the tech industry
BLU: but there was one thing about the comment added on that hit a sour note with me
BLU: "Tech jobs are in such high demand and honestly, being a female is an advantage because there aren’t many in the field." I'm not sure whether or not I can agree with that
GUY: ???
BLU: on the one hand, you might be considered an asset because you bring a different perspective to a company and because you make their recruitment numbers look better? but on the other hand, people will shit-test you over trivial things and you have to work harder to prove that you "fit" or "belong"
BLU: :Ia
BLU: so I'm conflicted over someone saying that being a woman in tech gives you an advantage
BLU: idk what do you think :o
GUY: basically the same as you tbh
BLU: it's a difficult situation! what can you do, though ~o~
GUY: murder, probably
BLU: wow! good plan ty

So, in short, my first quote is what it's like to be a woman programmer. My second quote is what it's like to be a woman programmer. Does that make sense?
Jun 22 2014, 2:45 pm
In response to Wissam
I know this is well meaning, but I am gonna just put a little correction in there. :P

Female programmers are male programmers inside female bodies.

As that's kinda the point, programming isn't a gendered skill. The reasons around why we have so few female programmers (and indeed, /even fewer/ lead female programmers) don't really pertain to programming, but other things. Such as the 'you have to work harder to prove that you "fit" or "belong"' issue that Blu raises.
Jun 22 2014, 2:51 pm
In response to Blu
Blu wrote:
http://programmerryangosling.tumblr.com/ This is what the ladies really want to hear, man. You're welcome. B)

You win. But, I was looking through the picture and I saw this... I came to realize... this does not apply to BYOND, does it?
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