> I don’t like the representation of female engineers on TV, always nerdy, unattractive, and without much of a social life.
Seriously? I agree with the lack of social life. But how come most of the tech people on TV (especially SF) are women? And it's not a new trend (Stargate, X-Files etc.). Maybe the author does not think they are attractive because she does not use the same criteria most male use.
> I don’t like those 48 hour coding hackathons without sleep or shower.
I let you on a little secret: most male programmers hate those too.
If you want to make tech attractive to women you have to improve its work/life balance: less hours. So 9/5 jobs which are already available in lot of huge corporations. But yes that's less glamorous or rewarding than the startup scene.
And about the chicken and egg problem? Just start your own company.
I also didn't really get the author's point about all the unattractive female engineers on TV. I actually think the opposite is the problem, for both men and women, that the engineers or scientists you see on TV tend to be ridiculously good looking people, only now they're wearing thick framed glasses.
Seriously? I agree with the lack of social life. But how come most of the tech people on TV (especially SF) are women? And it's not a new trend (Stargate, X-Files etc.). Maybe the author does not think they are attractive because she does not use the same criteria most male use.
> I don’t like those 48 hour coding hackathons without sleep or shower.
I let you on a little secret: most male programmers hate those too.
If you want to make tech attractive to women you have to improve its work/life balance: less hours. So 9/5 jobs which are already available in lot of huge corporations. But yes that's less glamorous or rewarding than the startup scene.
And about the chicken and egg problem? Just start your own company.